Isonokami no Yakatsugu

Japanese: 石上宅嗣 - いそのかみのやかつぐ

[Born] Tenpyo 1 (729)
[Died] June 24, 781. Nara A high-ranking official and man of letters in the Nara period. Grandson of Minister of the Left Maro. Son of Chunagon Otomaro. In 751, he was promoted to Junior Fifth Rank. In 757, he was promoted to Junior Fifth Rank and Sagami no Kami. In 757, he was promoted to Mikawa no Kami. In 758, he was promoted to Kazusa no Kami and deputy envoy to Tang China. In 759, he was promoted to Minister of Education. In 760, he was promoted to Dazai no Shoni, Shogoi no Jyo, and Hitachi no Kami. Around this time, he was found out to have been plotting to remove Fujiwara no Nakamaro together with Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu, Otomo no Yakamochi, and Saeki no Imamunehito, and Yoshitsugu was blamed, while the others were acquitted and later reinstated to their posts. In 765, he was promoted to Junior Fourth Rank and Middle Captain of the Konoe. In 769, he was promoted to Councilor and Shogoi no Jyo. In 768, he was promoted to Junior Third Rank. He was the Minister of Ceremonies around this time. In 770, Emperor Shōtoku died, and together with Fujiwara no Nagate and others, he worked hard to support the succession of Emperor Kōnin. For his achievements, he was appointed Dazai no Sochi. In 771, he became Shikibukyō and Chunagon. In 772, he was given the surname Mononobe no Ason. In 773, he became Chutaka no Suke. In 774, he entertained Chinese envoys as an imperial envoy. In the same year, he was given the surname Isonokami no Oason. Around this time, he was an advisor to the Crown Prince. In 781, he became Dainagon. In 781, he became Shosanmi (Senior Third Rank). In the same year, he died and was posthumously awarded Shonimi (Senior Second Rank). His posthumous name was Bongyō. He enjoyed extensive reading of classics and historical texts, excelled in poetry and prose, and was skilled in calligraphy. Along with Tankai Mifune, he was renowned as a leading man of letters. Some of his poems and poems are included in the Keikokushū. In his later years, he devoted himself to Buddhism and rebuilt his house into a temple called Ashukuji. Based on the idea that the inner and outer gates are originally one, he established a library for apocrypha within the temple, where he collected his Confucian books, named it Untei, and opened it to scholars. This is said to be the first library in Japan.

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Japanese:

[生]天平1(729)
[没]天応1(781).6.24. 奈良
奈良時代の高官，文人。左大臣麻呂の孫。中納言乙麻呂の子。天平勝宝3 (751) 年従五位下。天平宝字1 (757) 年従五位上，相模守。同3年三河守。同5年上総守，遣唐副使。同7年文部大輔。同8年大宰少弐，正五位上，常陸守。この頃，藤原良継，大伴家持，佐伯今毛人らとともに藤原仲麻呂を除こうとして発覚，良継1人が責めを負い，ほかは罪を免れてのち復官した。天平神護1 (765) 年従四位下，近衛中将。同2年参議，正四位下。神護景雲2 (768) 年従三位。この頃式部卿。宝亀1 (770) 年称徳天皇が崩じ，藤原永手らとともに光仁天皇擁立に力を尽す。功により大宰帥。同2年式部卿，中納言。同6年物部朝臣の姓を賜わる。同8年中務卿。同 10年宣勅使として唐使をもてなす。同年石上大朝臣の姓を賜わる。この頃皇太子補佐。同 11年大納言。天応1 (781) 年正三位。同年薨じ贈正二位。法名は梵行。彼は経史を好んで渉覧し，詩文に秀で，草隷に巧みであったという。淡海三船とともに文人の首 (第一人者) として名声が高かった。その詩賦の一部は『経国集』に収められている。晩年は仏教に心を傾け，自宅を阿閦寺 (あしゅくじ) として寺に造り直し，内外両門は本来一体であるとの考えに基づき，その寺内に特に外典 (げてん) の院を設け，ここに所蔵の儒書を集めて芸亭 (うんてい) と名づけ，好学の徒に公開した。これは日本で最初の図書館といわれる。

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