Fujiwara no Tanetsugu - Fujiwara no Tanetsugu

A politician from the late Nara period to the early Heian period. Grandson of Fujiwara no Umakai of the Shiki family. Father of Nakanari and Kusuko. His uncle Momokawa and others made great contributions to the accession of Emperors Kōnin and Kanmu, which is why he was highly valued by Emperor Kanmu. The Emperor delegated the day-to-day affairs of the government to Tanetsugu and his full brother, Crown Prince Sawara. As the construction of Nagaoka Palace progressed, the relationship between the Crown Prince and Tanetsugu gradually deteriorated. This is thought to be because Tanetsugu was the Minister of Ceremonies, the person in charge of all civil servant personnel, and was a capable and hardworking man in the role of Chief Commissioner for Palace Construction, so people's trust was focused on Tanetsugu rather than the Crown Prince. In September 785 (Enryaku 4), as part of a conspiracy by officials from the Togubo Palace and the Otomo clan, he was shot at the palace construction site and died the next day.

[Shuichi Nakayama]

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奈良時代末期から平安時代初期の政治家。式家藤原宇合(うまかい)の孫。仲成(なかなり)、薬子(くすこ)らの父。光仁(こうにん)天皇や桓武(かんむ)天皇の即位には、叔父百川(ももかわ)らの尽力が大きく、そのため彼は桓武天皇に重用されることになった。天皇は平常の実務は種継と、同母弟である早良(さわら)皇太子に委任した。長岡造宮のことが進むにつれて、皇太子と種継の仲はしだいに悪くなった。種継が文官人事の総元締めの式部卿(しきぶきょう)であり、造宮使長官として敏腕家であり、努力家でもあったので、人々の信望が皇太子よりも種継に集中したからとみられる。785年（延暦4）9月、春宮坊(とうぐうぼう)の役人や大伴(おおとも)氏の陰謀により造宮現場で射られ翌日死没。

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