Fujiwara no Yoshisuke

Fujiwara no Yoshisuke (藤原 良輔, 813–867) was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.^[1]

Fujiwara no Yoshisuke
Born	813
Died	867
Nationality	Japanese
Parents	Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu (father)

In this Japanese name, the surname is Fujiwara.

Career at court

He was a minister during the reign of Emperor Montoku.^[1]

• 857 (Ten'an 1, 2nd month): Yoshisuke was made udaijin.^[2]

Yoshisuke helped to write the Shoku Nihon Kōki.^[1]

Genealogy

This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu.^[1] Yoshisuke's brothers were Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, Fujiwara no Nagayoshi^[3] and Fujiwara no Yoshikado.^[4]

He was father to Fujiwara no Tagakishi and Fujiwara no Tamishi.^[5]

Notes

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Yoshisuke" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 212, p. 212, at Google Books; Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era, p. 239., p. 239, at Google Books
2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 114., p. 114, at Google Books; see "Fousiwara-no Yosi souke", pre-Hepburn romanization
3. Brinkley, p. 203., p. 203, at Google Books
4. Florenz, Karl. (1906) Geschichte der japanischen Litteratur, Vols. 1-2, p. 208., p. 208, at Google Books
5. "Fujiwara no Yoshisuke • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史". . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史. Retrieved 2023-01-05.

References

• Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era. New York: Encyclopædia Britannica. OCLC 413099
• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon (Nihon Odai Ichiran). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691