The Emi Oshikatsu Rebellion - The Emi Oshikatsu Rebellion

Japanese: 恵美押勝の乱 - えみのおしかつのらん

A rebellion started by Emi no Oshikatsu (Fujiwara no Nakamaro) in the Nara period. Fujiwara no Nakamaro, who had suppressed the Tachibana Naramaro Incident, supported Oino-o, who married Awata Morone, the wife of his eldest son, Masatsugu, who had died young, as Emperor Junnin, and was allowed to call himself Emi no Oshikatsu, to privately mint and issue coins, and to use the Emi family seal in public at will. He then advanced to Taiho (Minister of the Right), then Taishi (Grand Minister of State), and finally reached the rank of Shoichii, during which time he implemented various important policies imitating the Tang Dynasty of China.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

奈良時代に恵美押勝(藤原仲麻呂)が起こした反乱。橘奈良麻呂の変を未然に鎮圧した藤原仲麻呂は，早世した長男真従の妻であった粟田諸姉をめあわせた大炊王を淳仁天皇として擁立し，またみずからを恵美押勝と称すること，私的に銭貨を鋳造し出挙（すいこ）を行うこと，および恵美家の印を任意に公的に用いることを許された。そして太保(右大臣)，ついで太師(太政大臣)に進み，位階もついには正一位に達し，その間中国の唐を模倣したさまざまな重要施策を実行に移した。

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