Head of the Katsuragi clan - Head of the Katsuragi clan

Japanese: 葛木戸主 - かずらきのへぬし

?-? A government official in the Nara period.
He was the husband of Wake no Hiromushi. In 745, he was a junior assistant to the emperor, and in the first year of the Tenpyo Shoho era, when the Shibichudai was established, he became a Shibi Shochu and served Fujiwara no Nakamaro, the Shibirei (chief official). In 759, he was promoted to Daichu in the Kongu (former Shibichudai). He is said to have adopted 10 adult orphans.

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:

?－?　奈良時代の官吏。
和気広虫(わけの-ひろむし)の夫。天平(てんぴょう)17年(745)には中宮少進(ちゅうぐうのしょうしん)とみえ,天平勝宝(しょうほう)元年紫微中台(しびちゅうだい)が設置されると紫微少忠となり,紫微令(れい)(長官)藤原仲麻呂につかえる。天平宝字(ほうじ)3年(759)坤宮(こんぐう)(旧紫微中台)の大忠にすすむ。成人した孤児10人を養子にしたという。

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