Nationality Japanese Parents Fujiwara no Fuhito | Died 737 AD Name Fujiwara Fusasaki | |
Children Fujiwara no Matate, Fujiwara no Nagate, Fujiwara no Kiyokawa Similar People Fujiwara no Fuhito, Fujiwara no Kamatari, Fujiwara no Kiyokawa | ||
Grandchildren Fujiwara no Uchimaro Grandparents Fujiwara no Kamatari | ||
Fujiwara no Fusasaki (藤原 房前, 681 – May 25, 737) was a member of the Fujiwara clan and the founder of the Hokke branch of the Fujiwara.
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Career
Fusasaki was a Sangi (associate counselor) in the Daijō-kan.
He founded the temple of Sugimoto-dera in Kamakura in 734 with the priest Gyōki (668–749). The temple's legend holds that Empress Komyo (701–760) in the Nara Period (710–794) instructed Fusasaki, the then high-ranking minister, and a famous priest named Gyoki (668–749) 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 of smallpox. He died in 737.
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