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Fujiwara no Kamatari

Type Figure Region Japan Time 614–669 Also known as Founder of the Fujiwara clan、Nakatomi no Kamatari

Fujiwara no Kamatari (614–669), originally Nakatomi no Kamatari, launched the Taika Reform with Prince Naka no Ōe, overthrowing the Soga clan;…

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  1. 645Asuka-kyō · Yamato ProvinceConspired with Prince Naka no Ōe (son of Empress Kōgyoku, later Emperor Kōtoku) to overthrow Soga no Iruka's dictatorial power.
  2. 645–649Asuka-kyō · Yamato ProvinceAfter participating in the Isshi Incident, he carried out the Taika Reform, issuing reform edicts and establishing the direction of systems such as public land and public people, and the handfield distribution system.
  3. 669Asuka-kyō · Yamato ProvinceOn his deathbed he was granted the surname Fujiwara by Emperor Tenji; his son Fujiwara no Fuhito inherited his political legacy, and the Fujiwara clan became a powerful ministerial house of later generations.

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