Kamo Horned Legs - Duck

Japanese: 賀茂角足 - かものつのたり

?-757 A government official in the Nara period.
In 743, he was a Junior Fifth Rank. In the first year of the Tenpyo Shoho era, with the establishment of the Shibichudai, he was appointed as the Sahyoe no Kami and Shibi Daichu, and became a close aide to the Shibirei (chief official) Fujiwara no Nakamaro. In the ninth year, he was promoted to Junior Fifth Rank, but shortly after being transferred to the position of Totomi no Kami, he was captured in the Incident of Tachibana no Naramaro, who had plotted to overthrow Nakamaro, and died under torture on July 4 of the same year. His surname may have been Kamo.

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

Japanese:

?－757　奈良時代の官吏。
天平(てんぴょう)15年(743)外従五位下。天平勝宝(しょうほう)元年紫微中台(しびちゅうだい)の設置にともない左兵衛率(さひょうえのかみ)で紫微大忠をかね,紫微令(れい)(長官)藤原仲麻呂の側近となる。9年正五位上にすすんだが,遠江守(とおとうみのかみ)にうつされた直後,仲麻呂打倒をくわだてた橘(たちばなの)奈良麻呂の変で捕らえられ,同年7月4日拷問(ごうもん)下に死去した。氏は鴨ともかく。

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