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* ''Born: ??''
* ''Died: [[737]]''
* ''Japanese: '''' (Kume no Wakume)
Kume no Wakume was a noblewoman, and wife of [[Fujiwara Umakai|Fujiwara no Umakai]], one of the four sons of [[Fujiwara Fuhito|Fujiwara no Fuhito]], and head of one of the four branches of the [[Fujiwara Clan|Fujiwara family]]. She was the mother of [[Fujiwara Momokawa|Fujiwara no Momokawa]], who was eventually a councilor on the State Council.
After Fujiwara no Umakai died during the smallpox plague of [[737]], Kume no Wakume had an affair with a young, rising star named [[Isonokami Otomaro|Isonokami no Otomaro]]. Their affair was discovered and both were banished for life--Otomaro to [[Tosa]] and Wakume to [[Shimousa]]. Furthermore, as a rank-holding lady, she was stripped of her rank in the process.
It only took a year and a half before she was pardoned, however, in a general amnesty announced in the 6th month of [[740]]. She was restored to the Lower Junior 5th rank in [[767]], and subsequently promoted in [[768]], [[772]], and [[776]]. By the time she died in 780 she held Lower Junior 4th rank.
==References==
* 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.
[[Category:Nara Period]][[Category:Nobility]][[Category:Women]]
* ''Died: [[737]]''
* ''Japanese: '''' (Kume no Wakume)
Kume no Wakume was a noblewoman, and wife of [[Fujiwara Umakai|Fujiwara no Umakai]], one of the four sons of [[Fujiwara Fuhito|Fujiwara no Fuhito]], and head of one of the four branches of the [[Fujiwara Clan|Fujiwara family]]. She was the mother of [[Fujiwara Momokawa|Fujiwara no Momokawa]], who was eventually a councilor on the State Council.
After Fujiwara no Umakai died during the smallpox plague of [[737]], Kume no Wakume had an affair with a young, rising star named [[Isonokami Otomaro|Isonokami no Otomaro]]. Their affair was discovered and both were banished for life--Otomaro to [[Tosa]] and Wakume to [[Shimousa]]. Furthermore, as a rank-holding lady, she was stripped of her rank in the process.
It only took a year and a half before she was pardoned, however, in a general amnesty announced in the 6th month of [[740]]. She was restored to the Lower Junior 5th rank in [[767]], and subsequently promoted in [[768]], [[772]], and [[776]]. By the time she died in 780 she held Lower Junior 4th rank.
==References==
* 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.
[[Category:Nara Period]][[Category:Nobility]][[Category:Women]]
