Fujiwara no Momokawa explained
was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Nara period.[1] His original name was .
Career at court
He was a minister during the reigns of Empress Kōken/Shōtoku and Emperor Kōnin.[1]
- 770 (Jingo-keiun 4, 8th month): When Empress Shōtoku died without having named an heir, Momokawa was influential in the process which led to the enthronement of Emperor Kōnin.[2]
- 773 (Hōki 4): Sangi Momokawa was chief advocate for Daigaku-no-kami Yamabe-shinnō,[3] who was named Crown Prince and heir of Kōnin.[4]
- August 28, 779 (Hōki 10, 7th month): Momkawa died at age 48.[5]
The posthumous influence of Momokawa was ensured when Emperor Kanmu followed Emperor Kōnin on the Chrysanthemum Throne.[6]
Genealogy
Momokawa's father was Fujiwara no Umakai;[1] and his mother was Kume no Wakame. He was one of eight brothers (including Fujiwara no Hirotsugu).
Momokawa married Fujiwara no Moroane, daughter of Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu, a noble during the Nara period. His children included two sons: Fujiwara no Otsugu (774–843),[7] Fujiwara no Tsugunari (779–842). His daughters were Fujiwara no Tabiko (759–788), and Fujiwara no Tarashiko (d. 794).
Tabiko became the consort of Emperor Kammu with whom she bore Prince Ōtomo,[8] who became Emperor Junna).[9] During Emperor Junna's reign, she was the Empress Dowager.
Tarashiko was the wife of Emperor Heizei. She died in 794 during the moving of the imperial capital to Heian-kyō. In 806, she received the posthumous title of kōgō when Emperor Heizei was enthroned.[10]
References
- Kanō, Shigefumi. "Fujiwara no Momokawa" in (volume 111, 1992)
- Kimoto, Yoshinobu. "Fujiwara no Momokawa" in (Takashina Shoten, 1998)
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887
- Takinami, Sadako. in (Shibunkaku, November 1991,)
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon (Nihon Ōdai Ichiran). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
Notes and References
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Momokawa" in .
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). .
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial Family, pp. 60-61.
- Titsingh, ; Ponsonby-Fane, p. 317.
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- Ponsonby-Fane, p. 318.