Fujiwara Sayo - Fujiwara no Sukeyo

A Chinese scholar in the early Heian period. He was the great-grandson of Tanetsugu of the Shiki family, and his father was Sugawara no Koreyoshi (Jiji Fifth Rank). He studied under Sugawara no Koreyoshi (Michizane's father). In 872 (Jogan 14), Sayo, who was a Tokugyosho Echizen Daijo (a person who had mastered writing), was sent to Korokan to entertain envoys from Bohai. In 879 (Gangei 3), he became the capital lecturer of Emperor Yozei, and in 884, the head of the university. He also became the head of the household of Fujiwara no Mototsune, and served as Mototsune's jidoku (a priest). In 887 (Ninna 3), when Emperor Uda ascended to the throne, the Ako Incident occurred, but it was Sase who raised the issue of the meaning of Ako, and used Mototsune out of a sense of rivalry with Tachibana no Hiromi, who drafted the imperial reply. In 891 (Kanpei 3), he was made Mutsu no Kami and moved to Oshu, and in 897, he was appointed Udaiben and died on the way back from Oshu to Kyoto. Junior Fourth Rank. "Catalogue of Books Found in Japan" was compiled by Sase at imperial command.

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Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

平安初期の漢学者。式家の種継(たねつぐ)の曽孫(そうそん)、父は正五位下菅雄(すがお)。菅原是善(すがわらのこれよし)（道真(みちざね)の父）に学んだ。872年（貞観14）文章得業生越前大掾(とくぎょうしょうえちぜんだいじょう)であった佐世は鴻臚館(こうろかん)に遣わされて渤海(ぼっかい)使の接待にあたった。879年（元慶3）陽成(ようぜい)天皇の都講(とこう)となり、884年大学頭(だいがくのかみ)となった。また藤原基経(もとつね)の家司(けいし)となっており、基経の侍読(じどく)を務めた。887年（仁和3）宇多(うだ)天皇即位のとき阿衡(あこう)事件が生じたが、阿衡の語義を問題にしたのは佐世であり、勅答の起草者橘広相(たちばなのひろみ)に対する対抗意識から基経を利用したのである。891年（寛平3）陸奥守(むつのかみ)とされて奥州へ移り、897年右大弁に任ぜられて奥州から京へ帰る途中で死去した。従(じゅ)四位下。『日本国見在書目録(にほんこくげんざいしょもくろく)』は佐世が勅によって撰(せん)したもの。

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