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Fujiwara no Sukemasa

Fujiwara no Sukemasa
藤原佐理
藤原佐理.jpg
Illustration by Kikuchi Yōsai, from Zenken Kojitsu
Family Fujiwara Hokke
Father Fujiwara no Atsutoshi (藤原敦敏?)
Born 944
Died August 19, 998

Fujiwara no Sukemasa (藤原 佐理?, 944 – August 19, 998) was a Japanese noble, statesman, and renowned calligrapher of the middle Heian period. Grandson and adopted son of the daijō-daijin Fujiwara no Saneyori and son of major general of the imperial guard Fujiwara no Atsutoshi (藤原敦敏?), he is honored as one of the Sanseki, a group of outstanding calligraphers.

In 961, Sukemasa was conferred the lower junior fifth rank (従五位下?) and appointed as a chamberlain. He passed through two minor military positions until, in 967, his adoptive father Fujiwara no Saneyori was appointed as regent to the newly ascended Emperor Reizei. Sukemasa was promoted that year to upper junior fifth rank (従五位上?), and again in 968 to lower senior fifth rank (正五位下?).


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