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THE HISTORY OF THE FUJIWARA HOUSE The monk Jo¯ e 定恵 (643-666? ) as depicted in the painting Fujiwara no Kamatariz¯o 藤原鎌足像, Muromachi Period. The Fujiwara patriarch features here as a Shinto deity, flanked by his two sons, the courtier Fuhito 不比等 (659–720) and the monk Jo¯ e. Unfortunately, Fuhito’s biography has been lost. Courtesy: Princeton University Art Museum. The History of the Fujiwara House A Study and Annotated Translation - of the Toshi Kaden a By Mikaël Bauer McGill University THE HISTORY OF THE FUJIWARA HOUSE A STUDY AND ANNOTATED TRANSLATION OF THE To-SHI KADEN First published 2020 by RENAISSANCE BOOKS P O Box 219 Folkestone Kent CT20 2WP Renaissance Books is an imprint of Global Books Ltd ISBN 978-1912961-18-4 [Hardback] © Mikaël Bauer 2020 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, elec- tronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Set in Bembo 11 on 12pt by Dataworks Printed and bound in England by CPI Antony Rowe Ltd., Chippenham, Wilts Contents a Acknowledgements vii Fujiwara Family Line ix Introduction xi Part I: Fujiwara no Nakamaro The Nara period 1 The Fujiwara 3 Fujiwara no Nakamaro 4 Early life 7 Political career 8 Gradual rise to prominence 9 The Shoku Nihongi entry for same date records 12 The Rebellion 14 Nakamaro’s religious policies 17 - Nakamaro and Toshi Kaden 19 - Scholarship on Toshi Kaden 21 Part II: Narratives of the three extant chronicles The Chronicle of Kamatari 24 - The Chronicle of Joe 28 The Chronicle of Muchimaro 33 Part III: Translations The Chronicle of Kamatari 39 - The Chronicle of Joe 63 The Chronicle of Muchimaro 71 Bibliography 91 Index 97 v Acknowledgements a - My translation of the Toshi Kaden grew out of my - doctoral research on the origins of Kofukuji, the clan temple of the Fujiwara family. For this reason, I would like to start by thank- - ing my academic advisor, Ryuichi Abe, and the members of my Ph.D. committee, Mikael Adolphson and James Robson. During several stays in Japan, I have always received much academic and personal support from Uejima Susumu and Robert Rhodes, who - also read an earlier draft of my translations. At Kofukuji in Nara I have always been welcomed by Gyoei. Christopher Callahan, Andrea Pinkney and Meera Kachroo read the final draft and made valuable suggestions to improve the introduction and the prose of the translations. Richard Bow- ring kindly proofread the entire manuscript at its final stage. On various occasions I received valuable feedback and helpful sug- gestions from Ross Bender, Raji Steineck, Matthew Stavros and Thomas Conlan. At the School of Religious Studies at McGill I also enjoyed warm encouragement from Garth Green, Lara Braitstein, Hamsa Stainton and Rongdao Lai. Paul Norbury from Renaissance Books was very helpful and encouraging from the very beginning. On a more personal level, I would like to thank first and fore- most my parents: my father Raoul Bauer, an historian who has published widely on European history, and my mother Rita Van Camp, a retired teacher and art historian. Both have always encouraged my academic curiosity, although my topic of choice was quite distant from theirs. My sister Dominique Bauer has always been my best friend, showing interest in my work without fail. Finally I would like to thank my wife Yaxiang Lu, and her par- ents in China who always enquire about my work and teaching. Yaxiang has always been there for me, in Japan, the US, the UK vii viii THE HISTORY OF THE FUJIWARA HOUSE and Canada and I am thankful for her love. Yuhan Peter and Yilin, my son and daughter, have always provided welcome and unwel- come distractions, both on and off the ice in Montreal. Mikaël Bauer, Montreal February 15, 2020 Shōmu (701-756; 45) oku (718-770; 46 and 48) ōt Fujiwara Family Line Ame no Koyane no Mikoto (mythical ancestor) Nakatomi no Mikeko (?-?) ?-683Nakatomi no Kamatari (614-669)Kagami no Ōkimi () Jōe (643?-665?) Fujiwara no Fuhito (659-720) Umakai (684-737)Maro (695-737)Kōmyō (701-760)Muchimaro (680-737)Fusasaki (681-737) Nakamaro (706-764)Toyonari (704-766)Kōken/ Sh Northern Fujiwara The grey area refers to sovereigns, the number indicates their succession Jōe might have been Kamatari’s adoptive son ix
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