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| * ''Born: [[694]]'' | | * ''Born: [[694]]'' |
| * ''Died: [[737]]'' | | * ''Died: [[737]]'' |
− | * ''Titles: Governor of [[Hitachi|Hitachi province]] ([c. [[719]]-[[723]])'' | + | * ''Titles: Governor of [[Hitachi|Hitachi province]] (c. [[719]]-[[723]])'' |
− | * ''Distinction: third son of [[Fujiwara no Kamatari]]'' | + | * ''Distinction: third son of [[Fujiwara no Fuhito]]'' |
− | * Japanese: ? | + | * Japanese: 藤原宇合 (Fujiwara no Umakai) |
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| ==General== | | ==General== |
| + | Fujiwara no Umakai was born in 694 to [[Fujiwara Fuhito|Fujiwara no Fuhito]], a powerful son of the founder of the [[Fujiwara clan|Fujiwara family]], [[Fujiwara Kamatari|Fujiwara no Kamatari]]. |
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| + | In [[717]], Umakai was chosen as a vice-ambassador to China, and he returned the following year, [[718]]. |
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| + | In [[719]], Fujiwara no Umakai became governor of Hitachi province, having just returned to Japan from China where he was vice-envoy [[Kentoshi]]. In his new post, he was also in charge of inspecting the leadership of Kazusa, Awa, and Shimotsu Fusa provinces. |
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| + | By [[724]] he headed the Ministry of Ceremonies, and held Upper Senior 4th rank. In the same year he was appointed General-in-chief to suppress the [[Emishi]] in northeastern Japan. For his military service he was promoted again, this time to the Junior 3rd rank. |
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− | In [[719]], Fujiwara no Umakai became governor of Hitachi province, having just returned to Japan from China where he was vice-envoy. In his new post, he was also in charge of inspecting the leadership of Kazusa, Awa, and Shimo tsu Fusa provinces. An accomplished poet, the Man'yoshu contains six of his works. <ref>Mark C. Funke, "Monumenta Nipponica", "Hitachi no Kuni Fudoki"</ref>. | + | In [[726]] he was a construction supervisor on the new [[Naniwa Palace]]. In [[732]] he was the military governor of the Western Sea district. |
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− | ==Politics and Conspiracy==
| + | Umakai was married to [[Kume Wakume|Kume no Wakume]], by whom he had a son in [[732]] named [[Fujiwara Momokawa|Fujiwara no Momokawa]] who would eventually rise to a position as a Councilor on the State Council. |
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| + | An accomplished poet, the ''[[Man'yoshu]]'' contains six of his works, with others in the collection ''Yearnings for the Ancient Chinese Style''. |
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| + | Along with three of his brothers, Umakai died in a nationwide outbreak of smallpox that killed numerous aristocrats, and it is suggested in the Cambridge History of Japan, "approximately one-third of the entire population perished during those two years."<ref>Delmer M. Brown, John Whitney Hall, et al (eds.), ''The Cambridge History of Japan'', vol 1 (1988), 250-251.</ref> At his death he held Senior 3rd rank and was an Adviser of the State Council, Minister of Ceremonies, and concurrent Director of the [[Dazaifu]]. |
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− | ==Notes== | + | ==References== |
| + | * Mark C. Funke, "Monumenta Nipponica", "Hitachi no Kuni Fudoki" |
| + | * Wang, Zhenping. ''Ambassadors from the Islands of Immortals: China-Japan Relations in the Han-Tang Period'', Association for Asian Studies and University of Hawai'i Press, HI, 2005. |
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