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Tachibana no Moroe (橘 諸兄, 684-757) was a Japanese Imperial prince and official in the court of Emperor Shōmu and Empress Kōken.
He was the father of Tachibana no Naramaro .
738 (Tenpyō 10, 1st month): Moroe was created Udaijin (Minister of the Right) in the Imperial court.
740 (Tenpyō 12): Moroe put down a revolt by Fujiwara no Hirotsugu.
742 (Tenpyō 14): The emperor sent Moroe to Ise to convey his appreciation to the kami.
743 (Tenpyō 15): Moroe was elevated to a rank almost equal to Sadaijin (Minister of the Left).
756 (Tenpyō-shōhō 8, 2nd month): Empress Kōken is informed that Sadaijin Moroe is contemplating revolt, but she refuses to credit the rumor; nevertheless, Moroe resigns.
757 (Tenpyō-hōji 1): Moroe dies at age 74; and his rank is posthumously raised by the empress.
Moroe was a poet whose work is included in the Man'yōshū.
Family
Father: Prince Minu (美努王)
Mother: Agata no Inukai no Michiyo
Wife: Fujiwara no Tabino (藤原多比能), daughter of Fujiwara no Fuhito
Son: Tachibana no Naramaro
Unknown Concubine
Daughter: Lady Teruyoru (照夜の前), married Fujiwara no Hosei
Notes
References
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
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Fujiwara no Fuhito
- Kuni-kyō
- Klan Fujiwara
- Pemberontakan Fujiwara no Hirotsugu
- Manyōshū
- Tōdai-ji
- Tachibana no Moroe
- Tachibana clan (kuge)
- Tachibana no Naramaro
- Agata no Inukai no Michiyo
- Fujiwara no Fuhito
- Empress Kōken
- 684
- AD 757
- Fujiwara no Hirotsugu rebellion
- Emperor Shōmu
