Fujiwara no Tanetsugu

• Period: Nara Period
• Occupation: Coutier
• Family: Fujiwara no Kiyonari (father) Fujiwara no Nakanari (son) Fujiwara no Kusuko (daughter)
• Birth: 737AD
• Death: 785AD

Fujiwara no Tanetsugu

Fujiwara no Tanetsugu (藤原 種継) was a member of the Fujiwara Clan, more specifically the Shikike Branch of this clan.

He was a courtier living from 737-785AD and a favourite of Emperor Kanmu. Assassinated by Prince Sawara he was posthumously named Dajō daijin.¹

He was the son of Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu² and had two children Fujiwara no Nakanari and Fujiwara no Kusuko.¹

In Brinkley’s “A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era,” dating from 1915 Tanetsugu’s father is stated to have been Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu.³

Footnotes

1. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.
2. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.
3. Brinkley, F. (1915) “A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era.” New York: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company.

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