, also known as Fujiwara no Tsugutada and Monozomo no Udajin, was a

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.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Tsuginawa" in ; Brinkley, Frank ''et al.'' (1915).

Career

In 780 (''

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11''), Tsuginawa is given the title ''sei-i-tai-shogun'' (barbarian subduing general) for an expedition to northern Honshu to subdue the ''

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'', also known as the ''ebisu''. Tsuginawa served as a minister during the reign of

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. * 788 (''Enryaku 7, 1st month''): Tsuginawa participates in the coming of age ceremony for Ate-''shinno'' (安殿親王) who would become

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. * 790 (''Enryaku 9, 2nd month''): Tsuginawa was named ''

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''. * 796 (''Enryaku 15, 16th day of the 7th month''): Tsuginawa died at age 70.

Genealogy

This member of the

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was the son of Toyonari. He was the father of Fujiwara no Otoaki.

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Fujiwara no Tsuginawa,

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藤原継縄 727-796?
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Notes

References

* Brinkley, Frank and

Dairoku Kikuchi Baron was a Japanese mathematician, educator, and education administrator during the Meiji era. After earning degrees in mathematics and physics from St John's College at the University of Cambridge, he became one of the first Japanese profe ...

. (1915). ''A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era.'' New York: Encyclopædia Britannica
OCLC 413099
* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979)
''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past.''
Berkeley: University of California Press.
OCLC 251325323
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge:

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.
OCLC 58053128
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834)
''Annales des empereurs du Japon''
(''

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''). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
OCLC 5850691
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