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* ''Birth: [[614]]''
 
* ''Birth: [[614]]''
* ''Death: [[669]]''
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* ''Death: [[669]]/10/16''
* ''Other names: Nakatomi Kamatari'' (中臣鎌足)
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* ''Other names'': 中臣鎌足 ''Nakatomi Kamatari''
 
* ''Sons: [[Fujiwara Fuhito]]''
 
* ''Sons: [[Fujiwara Fuhito]]''
 
* ''Japanese'': [[藤原]] 鎌足 ''(Fujiwara Kamatari)''
 
* ''Japanese'': [[藤原]] 鎌足 ''(Fujiwara Kamatari)''
  
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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.
  
==History==
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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).
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).
 
  
 
==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.
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*[[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.
  
 
[[Category:Asuka Period]][[Category:Nobility]]
 
[[Category:Asuka Period]][[Category:Nobility]]

Revision as of 05:46, 10 April 2012

  • Birth: 614
  • Death: 669/10/16
  • Other names: 中臣鎌足 Nakatomi Kamatari
  • Sons: Fujiwara Fuhito
  • Japanese: 藤原 鎌足 (Fujiwara Kamatari)

Originally known as Nakatomi no 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 chieftain in 645. He was granted the name on 669/10/15, along with the kabane title of Ason, the highest cap rank, and the post of Naidaijin. He died the next day.

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 (sesshô or kampaku), as well as holding other highly placed positions on the Daijôkan (Council of State).

References

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