Fujiwara no Fusasaki [SEP] noble family
Fujiwara no Fusasaki
Fujiwara no Fusasaki (藤原 房前, 681 – May 25, 737) was a member of the Fujiwara clan and the founder of the Hokke branch of the Fujiwara.
Career.
Fusasaki was a "Sangi" (associate counselor) in the Daijō-kan.
He founded the temple of Sugimoto-dera in Kamakura in 734 with the priest Gyōki (668–749). The temple's legend holds that Empress Komyo (701–760) in the Nara Period (710–794) instructed Fusasaki, the then
Fujiwara no Kiyokawa
, also known by the Chinese-style name Heqing (河清), was a Japanese noble of the Nara period. He was the fourth son of the "sangi" Fujiwara no Fusasaki, the founder of the Fujiwara Hokke. He reached the court rank of and the position of "sangi", and was posthumously awarded the rank of .
As an envoy to Tang China, he served the Tang court along with Abe no Nakamaro, but due to storms and the An Lushan Rebellion he was