Fujiwara no Fusasaki

Fujiwara no Fusasaki (藤原 房前, 681 – May 25, 737) was a Japanese court noble who was a member of the Fujiwara clan and the founder of the Hokke House of the Fujiwara. He served as Sangi (Associate Counselor) in the Imperial Court.

Career Fusasaki was a Sangi (associate counselor) in the Daijō-kan.

He founded the temple of Sugimoto-dera in Kamakura in 734 with the priest Gyōki (668–749). The temple's legend holds that Empress Komyo (701–760) in the Nara Period (710–794) instructed Fusasaki, the then high-ranking minister, and a famous priest named Gyoki (668–749) to build the temple enshrining a statue of Eleven-Headed Kan'non, or Ekādaśamukha in Sanskrit, as the main object of worship. Priest Gyoki fashioned the statue himself because he was also a great sculptor.

Fusasaki and his three brothers died during a major smallpox epidemic in 737.

Family Father: Fujiwara no Fuhito (藤原不比等, 659–720) Mother: Soga no Shōshi (蘇我娼子?–?), daughter of Soga no Murajiko (蘇我連子) Main-wife (seishitsu): Muro no O-Okimi (牟漏女王?–746), daughter of Minu-Ō (美努王) OrderNameJapaneseLifetime2nd sonFujiwara no Nagate藤原永手714–7713rd sonFujiwara no Matate藤原真楯715–7666th sonFujiwara no Mitate藤原御楯 ? –764daughterwife of Emperor Shōmu北殿 ? –760

Wife: Daughter of Kusagunokura no Oyu (春日倉老) OrderNameJapaneseLifetime1st sonFujiwara no Torikai藤原鳥養 ? – ?

Wife: Daughter of Katano no Ason (片野朝臣) OrderNameJapaneseLifetime4th sonFujiwara no Kiyokawa藤原清河 706–7785th sonFujiwara no Uona藤原魚名721–783

Wife: Daughter of (阿波采) OrderNameJapaneseLifetime7th sonFujiwara no Kaedemaro藤原楓麻呂723–776

Children with unknown mother: OrderNameJapaneseLifetimedaughterwife of Fujiwara no Toyonari藤原豊成室 ? – ? daughterFujiwara no Ohirako藤原宇比良古 ? – 762