Fujiwara no Fusasaki
Fujiwara no Fusasaki was a member of the Fujiwara clan and the founder of the Hokke branch of the Fujiwara.
Career
Fusasaki was a Sangi in the Daijō-kan.He founded the temple of Sugimoto-dera in Kamakura in 734 with the priest Gyōki. The temple's legend holds that Empress Komyo in the Nara Period instructed Fusasaki, the then high-ranking minister, and a famous priest named Gyoki to build the temple enshrining a statue of Eleven-Headed Kan'non, or Ekadasamukha in Sanskrit, as the main object of worship. Priest Gyoki fashioned the statue himself because he was also a great sculptor.
Fusasaki died during a major smallpox epidemic in 737.
Family
- Father: Fujiwara no Fuhito
- Mother: Soga no Shōshi, daughter of Soga no Murajiko
- Main-wife : Muro no O-Okimi, daughter of Minu-Ō
| Order | Name | Japanese | Lifetime |
| 2nd son | Fujiwara no Nagate | 藤原永手 | 714–771 |
| 3rd son | Fujiwara no Matate | 藤原真楯 | 715–766 |
| 6th son | Fujiwara no Mitate | 藤原御楯 | ? –764 |
| daughter | wife of Emperor Shōmu | 北殿 | ? –760 |
- Wife: Daughter of Kusagunokura no Oyu
| Order | Name | Japanese | Lifetime |
| 1st son | Fujiwara no Torikai | 藤原鳥養 | ? – ? |
- Wife: Daughter of
| Order | Name | Japanese | Lifetime |
| 4th son | Fujiwara no Kiyokawa | 藤原清河 | ? –778 |
| 5th son | Fujiwara no Uona | 藤原魚名 | 721–783 |
- Wife: Daughter of
| Order | Name | Japanese | Lifetime |
| 7th son | Fujiwara no Kaedemaro | 藤原楓麻呂 | 723–776 |
- Children with unknown mother:
| Order | Name | Japanese | Lifetime |
| daughter | wife of Fujiwara no Toyonari | 藤原豊成室 | ? – ? |
| daughter | Fujiwara no Ohirako | 藤原宇比良古 | ? – 762 |