Kibiyuri - Kibi no yuri

Japanese: 吉備由利 - きびのゆり

Year of death: 5th January 2nd of Hōki (17th February 774)
Year of birth: Unknown
A female court attendant in the late 8th century. She was also called Kibi no Myobu. She was probably the daughter or sister of Kibi no Makibi. Emperor Shoutoku trusted her deeply, and in 770, when the emperor was critically ill, only Yuri, the treasurer, was allowed to enter the sickroom for over 100 days to report to the sick. At the time of her death, she was a Junior Third Rank treasurer. She donated all Buddhist scriptures to Saidaiji Temple. <References> Miyata Toshihiko, Kibi no Makibi

(Keiko Umemura)

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Japanese:

没年：宝亀5.1.2(774.2.17)
生年：生年不詳
8世紀後半の女官。吉備命婦ともいう。吉備真備の娘か妹であろう。称徳天皇の信頼篤く,宝亀1(770)年,天皇危篤の際には,100日以上もの間典蔵の由利のみが病間に出入りを許され,奏宣に当たった。死去時は尚蔵従三位。西大寺に一切経を施入している。<参考文献>宮田俊彦『吉備真備』

(梅村恵子)

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