*anese nobleIn this *anese name, the surname is Fujiwara.

Fujiwara no Umakai (藤原 宇合, 694 – September 7, 737) was a *anese statesman, courtier, general and politician during the Nara period. The third son of Fujiwara no Fuhito, he founded the Shikike ("Ceremonials") branch of the Fujiwara clan.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Genealogy
• 3 Family
• 4 Notes
• 5 References

Career

He was a diplomat during the reign of Empress Genshō; and he was minister during the reign of Emperor Shōmu. In the Imperial court, Umakai was the chief of protocol (Shikibu-kyō).

• 716 (Reiki 2): Along with Tajihi no Agatamori (多治比縣守), Abe no Yasumaro (阿倍安麻呂) and Ōtomo no Yamamori (大伴山守), Umakai was named to be part of a *anese diplomatic mission to Tang China in 717-718. Kibi no Makibi and the Buddhist monk Genbō were also part of the entourage.
• 724 (Jinki 1, 1st month): Umakai led an army against the emishi; but this military campaign was later judged to have been unsuccessful.
• 729 (Tenpyō 1): The emperor invested Umakai with the power to raise an army to quash a revolt, but the cause for alarm was dissipated without the need for military action.
• 737 (Tenpyō 9): Umakai died at age 44. A major smallpox epidemic caused the deaths of Umakai and his three brothers.

Genealogy

This member of the Fujiwara clan was son of Fujiwara no Fuhito. Umakai had three brothers: Muchimaro, Fusasaki, and Maro. These four brothers are known for having established the "four houses" of the Fujiwara.

Umakai's children included: Fujiwara no Hirotsugu and Fujiwara no Momokawa

Family

• Father: Fujiwara no Fuhito
• Mother: Soga no Shōshi (蘇我娼子,:?–?), daughter of Soga no Murajiko (蘇我連子).
  • Wife: Isonokami no Kunimina no Ōtoji (石上国盛), daughter of Isonokami no Maro (石上麻呂).
    • 1st son: Fujiwara no Hirotsugu (藤原広嗣,:?–740)
    • 2nd son: Fujiwara no Yo*sugu (藤原良継, 716–777)
  • Wife: Takahashi no Aneko (高橋阿禰娘), daughter of Takahashi no Kasa no Ason (高橋笠朝臣).
    • 3rd son: Fujiwara no Kiyonari (藤原清成, 716–777)
  • Wife: unclear name (小治田功麿男牛養女)
    • 5th son: Fujiwara no Tamaro (藤原田麻呂, 722–783)
  • Wife: *e no Wakame (久米若女), daughter of 久米奈保麻呂?
    • 8th son: Fujiwara no Momokawa (藤原百川, 732-779)
  • Wife: named (佐伯家主娘), daughter of 佐伯徳麻呂.
    • 9th son: Fujiwara no Kurajimaro (藤原蔵下麻呂, 734–775)
  • Children with unknown mother:
    • 4th son: Fujiwara no Tsunate (藤原綱手,:?–740)
    • Daughter: name unknown, wife of Fujiwara no Uona.
    • Daughter: name unknown, wife of Fujiwara no Kosemaro (藤原巨勢麻呂).
    • Daughter: named (掃子), possibly mother of Fujiwara no Tsunatsugu (藤原綱継).

Notes

References

• Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). A History of the *anese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era. New York: Encyclopædia Britannica. OCLC 413099
• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). *an encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN:978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
• t...ingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du *on (Nihon Odai Ichiran). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691

Notes

• In the 13th century, the main line of the Fujiwara family split into "Five regent houses": the Kujō, Nijō and Ichijō (descendants of Kanezane); and also the Konoe and Takatsukasa (descendants of Motozane). To view the complete family tree, visit Fujiwara family tree.