Fujiwara no Nagate - Fujiwara no Nagate

A politician of the Nara period. He was the second son of Fusasaki, the founder of the Northern House of Japan. His mother was Princess Muro. In 737 (Tenpyo 9), he was promoted to the rank of Junior Fifth Rank. When the Crown Prince, Prince Funato, was deposed in 757 (Tenpyo Hoji 1), he recommended the Minister of the Right, Fujiwara Toyonari, and Prince Funato's brother, Prince Shioyaki, but this did not come to fruition. However, he was promoted to Middle Counselor in the same year, and played an active role in dealing with the Tachibana Naramaro Incident that occurred soon after, but in 764, during the Fujiwara Nakamaro Rebellion, he was credited with defeating Nakamaro, and was highly esteemed by Emperor Shotoku and promoted to the Minister of the Left. After the death of Emperor Shotoku, he conspired with Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu and Momokawa to support Emperor Konin, and was posthumously awarded the title of Daijo Daijin. The second volume of the Nihon Ryoiki records that he caused the flags of Hokkeji Temple to be toppled, and that he received bad news for making the octagonal tower of Saidaiji Temple square and changing its seven stories to five.

[Toshihiko Fukui]

"Fujiwara no Nakamaro" by Toshio Kishi (1969, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)" ▽ "Dokyo" by Kenichi Yokota (1959, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)" ▽ "The History of Political Struggles in the Nara Period by Osamu Nakagawa (1979, Kyoikusha)"

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奈良時代の政治家。北家(ほっけ)の祖房前(ふささき)の二男。母は牟漏(むろ)女王。737年（天平9）従(じゅ)五位下に叙せられたのち昇進を重ねた。757年（天平宝字1）に皇太子道祖(ふなど)王が廃されると、右大臣藤原豊成(とよなり)と道祖王の兄塩焼(しおやき)王を推したが実現しなかった。しかし同年中納言(ちゅうなごん)に昇進し、まもなく起こった橘奈良麻呂(たちばなのならまろ)の変の処理に活躍したが764年の藤原仲麻呂の乱のときは仲麻呂打倒に功あり、称徳(しょうとく)朝に重んぜられ左大臣まで昇進。称徳天皇崩御後藤原良継(よしつぐ)、同百川(ももかわ)らと謀って光仁(こうにん)天皇を擁立し、死後太政(だいじょう)大臣を贈られた。『日本霊異記(りょういき)』下巻に、法華寺の幢(はたほこ)を倒さしめ、西大寺の八角の塔を四角にし七層を五層にして悪報を得たとある。

［福井俊彦］

『岸俊男著『藤原仲麻呂』（1969・吉川弘文館）』▽『横田健一著『道鏡』（1959・吉川弘文館）』▽『中川収著『奈良朝政争史』（1979・教育社）』

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