Kose Yuji - Kose no Oji

Japanese: 巨勢邑治 - こせのおおじ

Year of death: Jinki 1.6.6 (724.6.30)
Year of birth: Unknown
The first nobleman in the 8th century. His father was Emperor Kōtoku, the grandson of Tokuta (Tokutako), the left minister during the reign of Emperor Saimei, and the son of Kuromaro. His family name was Kōsei, and his given name is sometimes written as Fujō. In the 7th year of the reign of Empress Jitō (693), he was in charge of managing the receipts and disbursements of government property, but was demoted two ranks and dismissed for failing to supervise the illegal gains made by officials of the Nanchō-ryō. In January of the 1st year of the Taihō era (701), he was appointed as a Dai-i (judge) of the Japanese envoy to the Tang Dynasty, and the following year he travelled to Tang Dynasty, at the time holding the rank of Mudaishi and Mikawa no Kami. In March of the 4th year of the Keiun era (707), he was promoted to deputy envoy and returned to Japan, and his rank was reduced to Junior Fifth Rank (the Taihō Code was enacted after the appointment of the envoy, and the rank system changed). He was subsequently promoted repeatedly, becoming Chunagon in March of the 2nd year of the Yoro era (718), and Shosanmi in February of the 1st year of the Jinki era (724), and he died while still in this position. Although he was once demoted and dismissed, he was later appointed as a Japanese envoy to Tang China, and after returning to Japan he served as Harima no Kami and Udaiben before being appointed Chunagon, demonstrating his ability as a bureaucrat.

(Yoshiki Kiyota)

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

Japanese:

没年：神亀1.6.6(724.6.30)
生年：生年不詳
8世紀初の公卿。父は孝徳,斉明朝の左大臣徳太(徳太古)の孫で,黒麻呂の子。氏は許勢,名は祖父と書くこともある。持統7(693)年,官物の出納管理に当たる監物の地位にあったが,内蔵寮の官人の不当利得に対する監督不行き届きのかどにより,位を2階降され解任された。大宝1(701)年1月には遣唐使の大位(判官)に任命され翌年唐に渡ったが,時に位は務大肆で三河守であった。慶雲4(707)年3月,副使に昇格して帰国,位も従五位下になった(遣唐使任命後大宝令が施行,位階制が変わる)。のち昇進を重ね,養老2(718)年3月中納言,神亀1(724)年2月正三位になり,中納言在職のまま死去。いちどは降等解任処分を受けたが,のち遣唐使に任命され,帰国後は播磨守や右大弁を歴任したのちに中納言に任じられるなど,官僚としての有能さがうかがわれる。

(清田善樹)

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