Kimaro - Kinomaro

Japanese: 紀麻呂 - きのまろ

Year of death: Tenpyo Hoji 1? (757)
Year of birth: Year of birth unknown. Father of Hirona and Hironiwa. Also written as Asaji. In January 720, he was promoted to Junior Fifth Rank. Later, he served as Shikibu Daifu (Minister of Ceremonies) and in May 743, he became a councilor. He then became the Minister of Civil Affairs and held the posts of Ueji no Kami (Commander of the Right Guard). In July 749, he was promoted to Junior Third Rank Chunagon (Chuanjō). He later served as the head of the Shikibu Ministry and Dazaifu (Dazaifu City), but his whereabouts after March 757 are unknown. According to the article on the accession of Emperor Junnin (758) in the Shoku Nihongi, he conspired with the Retired Empress Koken and Fujiwara no Nakamaro to depose Crown Prince Doso and make Oino (later Emperor Junnin) Crown Prince, so he appears to have taken a position close to Nakamaro.

(Terasaki Yasuhiro)

Kimaro

Year of death: Keiun 2.7.19 (705.8.12)
Year of birth: 5th year of the reign of Emperor Saimei (659)
A nobleman from the end of the 7th century to the beginning of the 8th century. Son of Ki no Oda. Father of Umi and Otoko. In June of the 7th year of the reign of Jito (693), he was given the title of Naohiroshi. In March of the 1st year of the Taiho era (701), he became Dainagon with Junior Third Rank and Senior Third Rank, and Minister of Central Affairs. Emperor Mommu was deeply saddened by his death, and bestowed upon him a funeral and proclamation.

(Terasaki Yasuhiro)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：天平宝字1?(757)
生年：生年不詳
紀広名や広庭の父。麻路とも書く。養老4(720)年1月に従五位下。のち,式部大輔を経て天平15(743)年5月参議となる。次いで民部卿となり右衛士督などを兼任。天平勝宝1(749)年7月に従三位中納言。のち式部省と大宰府(太宰府市)の長官を兼ねたが,天平宝字1(757)年3月以降の消息は不明。『続日本紀』の淳仁天皇即位条(758)によると,孝謙上皇,藤原仲麻呂らと画策して,皇太子道祖王を廃し,大炊王(のち淳仁天皇)を皇太子につけた,とあるから仲麻呂に近い立場をとっていたらしい。

(寺崎保広)