Fujiwara no Nagate

Fujiwara no Nagate 藤原永手
Illustration by Kikuchi Yōsai, from "Zenken-Kojitsu" (pub. 1903)
Family	Fujiwara Hokke
Father	Fujiwara no Fusasaki
Born	714
Died	March 11, 771

Fujiwara no Nagate (藤原永手^?, 714 – March 11, 771) was a Japanese noble of the Nara period. He was the second son of the founder of the Hokke branch of the Fujiwara, the sangi Fujiwara no Fusasaki. He achieved the court rank of shō ichi-i (正一位^?) and the position of sadaijin, and posthumously of daijō-daijin. He was also known as Nagaoka-Daijin (長岡大臣^?).

With the early death of his older brother Fujiwara no Torikai, Nagate became the effective leader of the Hokke. In 737, he was promoted from ju roku-i no ge (従六位下^?) to ju roku-i no jō (従六位上^?), but the emperor of the time, Shōmu, favored Nagate's younger brother Yatsuka. Nagate was not promoted again until 749, immediately before the emperor's abdication, when he gained the rank of ju shi-i no ge (従四位下^?).