Fujiwara no Umakai

Career

• 716 : Along with Tajihi no Agatamori, Abe no Yasumaro and Ōtomo no Yamamori, Umakai was named to be part of a Japanese diplomatic mission to Tang China in 717-718. Kibi no Makibi and the Buddhist monk Genbō were also part of the entourage.
• 724 : Umakai led an army against the emishi; but this military campaign was later judged to have been unsuccessful.
• 729 : The emperor invested Umakai with the power to raise an army to quash a revolt, but the cause for alarm was dissipated without the need for military action.
• 737 : Umakai died at age 44. A major smallpox epidemic caused the deaths of Umakai and his three brothers.

  Genealogy

Family

• Father: Fujiwara no Fuhito
• Mother: Soga no Shōshi, daughter of Soga no Murajiko.
• *Wife: Isonokami no Kunimina no Ōtoji, daughter of Isonokami no Maro.
• **1st son: Fujiwara no Hirotsugu
• **2nd son: Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu
• *Wife: Takahashi no Aneko, daughter of Takahashi no Kasa no Ason.
• **3rd son: Fujiwara no Kiyonari
• *Wife: unclear name
• **5th son: Fujiwara no Tamaro
• *Wife: Kume no Wakame, daughter of 久米奈保麻呂?
• **8th son: Fujiwara no Momokawa
• *Wife: named , daughter of 佐伯徳麻呂.
• **9th son: Fujiwara no Kurajimaro
• *Children with unknown mother:
• **4th son: Fujiwara no Tsunate
• **Daughter: name unknown, wife of Fujiwara no Uona.
• **Daughter: name unknown, wife of Fujiwara no Kosemaro.
• **Daughter: named , possibly mother of Fujiwara no Tsunatsugu.