Fujiwara no Toyonari explained

was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Nara period.^[1]

Career

Toyonari served as a minister during the reigns of Emperor Shōmu, Empress Kōken, Emperor Junnin and Empress Shōtoku.

• 749 (4th month): Toyonari was promoted in rank from dainagon to a rank equivalent to udaijin.^[2]
• 765 (Tenroku 3, 11th month): Toyonari died at age 62.^[3]

Genealogy

This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Muchimaro.^[1] Toyonari's brothers were Nakamaro^[4] and Otomaro.^[5]

Toyonari was the father of Fujiwara no Tsuginawa.^[6]

References

• Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). A History of the Japanese 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). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon (Nihon Odai Ichiran). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691

Notes and References

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Toyonari" in ; Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915).
2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ; see "Fousiwara-no Toyo nari", pre-Hepburn romanization
3. Titsingh, .
4. Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Nakamoro" at
5. Brinkley,
6. Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Tsuginawa" at