Fujiwara no Otomuro

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Fujiwara no Otomuro
藤原乙牟漏
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure23 May 783 – 790
Born760
Japan
Died28 April 790
Japan
Burial
Nagaoka Mausoleum, Kyoto Prefecture, Mukō, Japan
SpouseEmperor Kanmu
Issue
HouseFujiwara clan
FatherFujiwara no Yoshitsugu
MotherAbe 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]

Notes

  1. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, page 62.
  2. ^ Varley, p. 151; Brown, p. 279.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Religion in Japanese History by Joseph Mitsuo Kitagawa
  5. ^ Boroff, Nicholas. (2006). National Geographic Traveler Japan. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society.
Japanese royalty
Preceded by
Empress consort of Japan

783–790
Succeeded by
Fujiwara no Taishi
(granted title posthumously)