Nakatomi no Omimaro

Japanese: 中臣意美麻呂 - なかとみのおみまろ

Year of death: Wadō 4, leap year 6, 22 (August 10, 711)
Year of birth: Unknown
An official from the end of the 7th century to the beginning of the 8th century. Son of Kunitari (Kamatari's cousin) and father of Azumahito, Kiyomaro, and others. His name is also written as Omi-maro, and he is sometimes recorded with the surname Fujiwara no Ason. In 686, he was arrested for taking part in the rebellion of Prince Otsu, but was pardoned after the prince's execution. At that time, he was said to have been a Dai-tonari. In 689, he was appointed as a judge along with Fujiwara no Fuhito and others, and is said to have worked hard to improve the Ritsuryo system. On August 19, 698, an imperial decree was issued that the Fujiwara surname should only be passed on to Kamatari's son Fuhito, and Omi-maro and others were to revert to the surname Nakatomi Ason since they would accompany him in Shinto rituals, and from then on the Fujiwara clan and the Nakatomi clan were clearly separated. He subsequently served as Chief Coin Minter and Left Chief Examiner, and in 708 he became Middle Counselor and Earl of Shinto Shrines, occupying an important position in both political and religious affairs.

(Kimio Mori)

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

Japanese:

没年：和銅4.閏6.22(711.8.10)
生年：生年不詳
7世紀末から8世紀初の官人。国足(鎌足の従兄弟)の子で,東人,清麻呂らの父。名は臣麻呂とも書き,藤原朝臣姓で記されることもある。朱鳥1(686)年大津皇子の謀反に加担して捕らえられたが,皇子処刑後は許されている。このときは大舎人であったという。持統3(689)年藤原不比等らと共に判事に任じられ,律令の整備に尽力したらしい。文武2(698)年8月19日,詔によって藤原姓は鎌足の子不比等だけに継がせ,意美麻呂らは神事に供奉するので,中臣朝臣姓に復することになり,以後藤原氏と中臣氏が截然と分かれていく。その後,鋳銭司長官,左大弁を歴任し,和銅1(708)年中納言兼神祇伯となり,政祭両面で重要な位置を占めた。

(森公章)

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