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| Fujiwara no Otomuro 藤原乙牟漏 | |
|---|---|
| Empress consort of Japan | |
| Tenure | 23 May 783 – 790 |
| Born | 760 Japan |
| Died | 28 April 790 Japan |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Emperor Kanmu |
| Issue |
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| House | Fujiwara clan (by birth) Imperial House of Japan (by marriage) |
| Father | Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu |
| Mother | Abe no Komina |
Fujiwara no Otomuro (藤原乙牟漏; [ɸu͍ʑiwaɽa no otomuɽo], 760 – April 28, 790) was a Japanese noblewoman and empress consort of Japan.[1] Her sister was Fujiwara no Moroane.
Fujiwara no Otomuro was a daughter of a noble called Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu;[2] her mother was the granddaughter of general Fujiwara no Umakai, who died in 737.[3]
She married Emperor Kanmu.[4] Their children included:
She also had a daughter, Princess Koshi.
Her daughter-in-law was Lady Tachibana no Kachiko.[7]
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, page 62.
- ^ Varley, p. 151; Brown, p. 279.
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Umakai" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 211, p. 211, 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. 203., p. 203, at Google Books
- ^ 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
- ^ Boroff, Nicholas. (2006). National Geographic Traveler Japan. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society.
- ^ Adolphson, Mikael S., Edward Kamens and Stacie Matsumoto. (2006). Heian Japan, Centers and Peripheries. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824830137; OCLC 71542885