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Fujiwara no Umakai

Fujiwara no Umakai
Fujiwara no Umakai drawn by Kikuchi Yōsai
Born694
Died7 September 737
NationalityJapanese
ParentsFujiwara no Fuhito (father)

Fujiwara no Umakai (藤原 宇合, 694 – September 7, 737) was a Japanese statesman, courtier, general and politician during the Nara period.[1] The third son of Fujiwara no Fuhito, he founded the Shikike ("Ceremonials") branch of the Fujiwara clan.

  1. ^ 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

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