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* Born: 614

* ''Birth: [[614]]''

* Died: 669

* ''Death: [[669]]/10/16''

* Other names: Nakatomi Kamatari (中臣 鎌足)

* ''Other names'': 中臣鎌足 ''Nakatomi Kamatari''

* Japanese: 藤原 鎌足

* ''Sons: [[Fujiwara Fuhito]]''

* Sons: [[Fujiwara Fuhito]]

* ''Japanese'': [[藤原]] 鎌足 ''(Fujiwara Kamatari)''

Originally known as Nakatomi no Kamatari, he was granted the family name [[Fujiwara clan|Fujiwara]] as a reward for his service to the throne, including his involvement in the assassination of the [[Soga clan|Soga]] chieftain in [[645]]. He was granted the name on [[669]]/10/15, along with the ''[[kabane]]'' title of ''Ason'', the highest [[twelve cap rank system|cap rank]], and the post of [[Naidaijin]]. He died the next day.

Originally Nakatomi Kamatari, he was granted the family name ''Fujiwara'' as a reward for his service to the throne, including his involvement in the assassination of the [[Soga clan|Soga]] chieftain in [[645]]. After his death in 669, the [[Fujiwara clan]] may have faded into the annals of history if not for his son, Fujiwara Fuhito, and his descendants, who eventually rose to become the most powerful family in the [[Heian Period]], often controlling the throne as regents ([[sessho]]) or [[kampaku]], as well as holding other highly placed positions on the [[Daijokan]] (Council of State).

 

After Kamatari's death in 669, the Fujiwara clan may have faded into the annals of history if not for his son, [[Fujiwara no Fuhito]], and his descendants, who eventually rose to become the most powerful family in the [[Heian Period]], often controlling the throne as regents (''[[sessho|sesshô]]'' or ''[[kampaku]]''), as well as holding other highly placed positions on the [[Daijokan|Daijôkan]] (Council of State).

==References==

==References==

Piggott, Joan R. ed. ''Capital and Countryside in Japan, 300-1180'', University of Cornell, NY, 2006.

* Piggott, Joan R. ed. ''Capital and Countryside in Japan, 300-1180'', University of Cornell, NY, 2006.

*[[Robert Karl Reischauer|Reischauer, Robert K.]] ''Early Japanese History (c. 40 BC - AD 1167)''. Princeton University Press, 1937. (Reprinted 1967 by Peter Smith Publishers, Gloucester, Mass.). pp152-153.

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