was a samurai and court official of Japan's
Nara period
The of the history of Japan covers the years from 710 to 794. Empress Genmei established the capital of Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara). Except for a five-year period (740–745), when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the capita ...
. He was the son of ..
In 724, he fought alongside
Fujiwara no Umakai
was a Japanese statesman, courtier, general and politician during the Nara period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Umakai" in ; Brinkley, Frank ''et al.'' (1915). The third son of Fujiwara no Fuhito, he founded the Shikike ...
against the
Emishi people of
Mutsu Province. Azumabito was later appointed to the Imperial positions of ''
chinjufu-shōgun'' (Commander-in-chief of the Defense of the North) and ''
Azechi'' (Inspector). He also aided in the suppression of the 740
revolt of Fujiwara no Hirotsugu (the ''Dazai shoni'' of the
Dazaifu on Kyushu). The rebellion ended with Fujiwara's defeat and death.
[Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). .]
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References
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Papinot, Edmond. (1906) ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon.'' Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha
OCLC 68590081 translated into English in 1909 as ''Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan'
OCLC 672613069
*
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''
Nihon Ōdai Ichiran
, ', is a 17th-century chronicle of the serial reigns of Japanese emperors with brief notes about some of the noteworthy events or other happenings.
According to the 1871 edition of the ''American Cyclopaedia'', the 1834 French translation of ...
''; ou
''Annales des empereurs du Japon.'' Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
OCLC 5850691
Ono no Azumabito
Ono no Azumabito
742 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Place of birth unknown
Date of death unknown
Place of death unknown
People of the Nara period
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