Fujiwara Asakari - Fujiwara Asakari

Japanese: 藤原朝獦 - ふじわらのあさかり

?-764 A nobleman from the Nara period.
The third son of Fujiwara no Nakamaro. Like his father, he added the two characters "Emi" to his surname. He became the Mutsu Azechi and Chinju Shogun, and built Ogachi Castle (Akita Prefecture) and Monou Castle (Miyagi Prefecture) in the third year of Tenpyo Hoji. He served as the Minister of Civil Affairs and the Tokaido Governor, and in the sixth year he became a councilor. He acted alongside his father in the rebellion, and was executed on September 18, the eighth year of Tenpyo Hoji. His name was either Asagari or Asagari.

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:

?－764　奈良時代の公卿(くぎょう)。
藤原仲麻呂(なかまろ)の3男。父とともに姓に恵美の2字をくわえられた。陸奥(むつ)按察使(あぜち)兼鎮守将軍となり,天平宝字(てんぴょうほうじ)3年雄勝(おがち)城(秋田県),桃生(ものう)城(宮城県)を造営。仁部(民部)卿,東海道節度使をつとめ,6年参議。父の反乱に際して行動をともにし,天平宝字8年9月18日処刑された。名は朝猟,朝狩ともかく。

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