Fujiwara no Moroane

Fujiwara no Moroane was a Japanese noblewoman and sister-in-law of Emperor Kanmu of Japan.[1]

In this Japanese name, the family name is Fujiwara.

Fujiwara no Moroane
Spouse(s)	Fujiwara no Momokawa
Issue Fujiwara no Otsugu Fujiwara no Tsugunari Fujiwara no Tabiko Fujiwara no Tarashiko
Father	Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu
Mother	Abe no Komina

Moroane was a member of the famous Fujiwara clan. Her father was a nobleman called Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu.[2] Her mother was Abe no Komina.[3]

Her sister was Empress Fujiwara no Otomuro, wife of Emperor Kanmu.[4] Moroane was an aunt of Emperor Heizei and Emperor Saga.[5]

Moroane married courtier Fujiwara no Momokawa.[6] Their children were:

• Fujiwara no Otsugu[7]
• Fujiwara no Tsugunari
• Fujiwara no Tabiko[8]
• Fujiwara no Tarashiko[9]

Her grandson was Emperor Junna.[10]

Notes

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
2. Varley, p. 151; Brown, p. 279.
3. Nagaoka: Japan's forgotten capital by Ellen Van Goethem. Deals with the historical and physical aspects of the Nagaoka palace and capital, constructed in the eighth century at the order of Emperor Kanmu, but abruptly abandoned after only ten years.
4. Religion in Japanese History by Joseph Mitsuo Kitagawa
5. Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki: A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-04940-5; OCLC 59145842
6. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Momokawa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 206, p. 206, at Google Books.
7. Titsingh, pp. 88., p. 88, at Google Books
8. Kanō, Shigefumi. "Fujiwara no Momokawa" in Jōshidai Kokubun (『女子大国文』)
9. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 318.
10. Brown and Ishida, p. 282.