Fujiwara no Moroane
Fujiwara no Moroane | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Fujiwara no Momokawa |
| Issue | Fujiwara no Otsugu Fujiwara no Tsugunari Fujiwara no Tabiko Fujiwara no Tarashiko |
| Father | Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu |
| Mother | Abe no Komina |
Fujiwara no Moroane (藤原 諸姉; d. 786) was a Japanese noblewoman of the Nara period and sister-in-law of Emperor Kanmu.[1]
Family
Moroane was a member of the famous Fujiwara clan. Her father was a nobleman called Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu.[2] Her mother was Abe no Komina.[3]
Her sister was Empress Fujiwara no Otomuro, wife of Emperor Kanmu.[4] Moroane was an aunt of Emperor Heizei and Emperor Saga.[5]
Moroane married courtier Fujiwara no Momokawa.[6] Their children were:
- Fujiwara no Otsugu[7]
- Fujiwara no Tsugunari
- Fujiwara no Tabiko[8]
- Fujiwara no Tarashiko[9]
Her grandson was Emperor Junna.[10]
References
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
- ^ Varley, p. 151; Brown, p. 279.
- ^ Goethem, Ellen Van (2008). Nagaoka. BRILL. p. 233. ISBN 978-90-04-16600-4.
- ^ Religion in Japanese History by Joseph Mitsuo Kitagawa
- ^ Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki: A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-04940-5; OCLC 59145842
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Momokawa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 206, p. 206, at Google Books.
- ^ Titsingh, pp. 88., p. 88, at Google Books
- ^ Kanō, Shigefumi. "Fujiwara no Momokawa" in Jōshidai Kokubun (『女子大国文』)
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 318.
- ^ Brown and Ishida, p. 282.