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In [[698]] there is an intriguing passage indicating that the Fujiwara name was granted exclusively to the descendants of Kamatari (namely, Fuhito).  Prior to this point other members of the Nakatomi had been using the  

In [[698]] there is an intriguing passage indicating that the Fujiwara name was granted exclusively to the descendants of Kamatari (namely, Fuhito).  Prior to this point other members of the Nakatomi had been using the  

He is much more active in the chronicles three years later. By the 6th month of [[700]], Fujiwara no Ason Fuhito was Jiki-kwo-ichi when he received an Imperial edict, along with others, to "make punitive rules", for which each received various honoraria.  In spring of the following year he is sent to the house of the late Dainagon, Otomo no Sukune Miyuki, of the rank of Sho-kwo-san, to confer the posthumous rank and title of Sho-kwo-ni, Minister of the Right (Udaijin).  Then, when the rank system was reformed in the 3rd month he received Sho-sho-sammi (Proper Proper 3rd Rank) and he was promoted from Chunagon (an office which was abolished) to Dainagon.

He is much more active in the chronicles three years later. By the 6th month of [[700]], Fujiwara no Ason Fuhito was Jiki-kwo-ichi when he received an Imperial edict, along with others, to "make punitive rules", for which each received various honoraria.  In spring of the following year he is sent to the house of the late Dainagon, [[Otomo no Miyuki|Ôtomo no Sukune Miyuki]], of the rank of Sho-kwo-san, to confer the posthumous rank and title of Sho-kwo-ni, Minister of the Right (Udaijin).  Then, when the rank system was reformed in the 3rd month he received Sho-sho-sammi (Proper Proper 3rd Rank) and he was promoted from Chunagon (an office which was abolished) to Dainagon.

The Emperor Mommu's favor towards Fuhito can be seen in his memorial in the middle of the 4th month of [[707]].  Believing himself to be dying (which he did exactly two months later), the Emperor praised Fuhito and offered him a fief of 5,000 households "from now onwards."  Fuhito declined, and the fief was decreased to only 2,000 households, with 1,000 being passed on to his descendants.

The Emperor Mommu's favor towards Fuhito can be seen in his memorial in the middle of the 4th month of [[707]].  Believing himself to be dying (which he did exactly two months later), the Emperor praised Fuhito and offered him a fief of 5,000 households "from now onwards."  Fuhito declined, and the fief was decreased to only 2,000 households, with 1,000 being passed on to his descendants.