Fujiwara no Tsuginawa

Fujiwara no Tsuginawa (藤原継縄, 727–796), also known as Fujiwara no Tsugutada, was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Nara period.

Career

In 780 (Hōki 11), Tsuginawa is given the title sei-i-tai-shogun (barbarian subduing general) for an expedition to northern Honshu to subdue the emishi, also known as the ebisbu.

Tsuginawa served as a minister during the reign of Emperor Kammu.

• 788 (Enryaku 7, 1st month): Tsuginawa participates in the coming of age ceremony for Ate-shinno (安殿親王) who would become Emperor Heizei.
• 790 (Enryaku 9, 2nd month): Tsuginawa was named udaijin.
• 796 (Enryaku 15, 16th day of the 7th month): Tsuginawa died at age 70.

• Brinkley, pp. 220-221., p. 220, at Google Books
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 88, p. 88, at Google Books; see "Fousiwara-no Tsougou tsouna", pre-Hepburn romanization
• Titsingh, p. 89, p. 89, at Google Books.
• Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past, p. 278, p. 278, at Google Books; Titsingh, p. 90, p. 90, at Google Books.

Genealogy

This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Toyonari.

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Fujiwara no Tsuginawa, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 10 works in 10+ publications in 1 language and 50+ library holdings.

• 続日本紀 (1657)
• Shoku Nihongi (1940)

• WorldCat Identities Archived December 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.: 藤原継縄 727-796?