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* ''Born: [[706]]''
* ''Died: [[778]]''
* ''Japanese: ''藤原清河'' (Fujiwara no Kiyokawa)''
Kiyokawa was born in 706 as a son of the powerful [[Fujiwara Clan]].
As an ambassador to China, he represented his country well, such that in 752, he was told by Emperor Xuanzong: "I have heard that there is a virtuous ruler in your country. Now having observed your distinctive manner of walking and bowing, I would name Japan a country of ritual, righteousness, and gentlemen." The Chinese Emperor later had portraits made of Kiyokawa and his two deputies, and composed a poem on the ambassador's departure.
==References==
* Zhenping, Wang. ''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:Diplomats]]
* ''Died: [[778]]''
* ''Japanese: ''藤原清河'' (Fujiwara no Kiyokawa)''
Kiyokawa was born in 706 as a son of the powerful [[Fujiwara Clan]].
As an ambassador to China, he represented his country well, such that in 752, he was told by Emperor Xuanzong: "I have heard that there is a virtuous ruler in your country. Now having observed your distinctive manner of walking and bowing, I would name Japan a country of ritual, righteousness, and gentlemen." The Chinese Emperor later had portraits made of Kiyokawa and his two deputies, and composed a poem on the ambassador's departure.
==References==
* Zhenping, Wang. ''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:Diplomats]]
