Fujiwara no Fuhito (藤原不比等)

○辛酉。参議民部卿正三位藤原朝臣房前薨。送以大臣葬儀。其家固辞不受。房前、贈太政大臣正一位不比等之第二子也。

Fourth month, seventeenth day. Fujiwara no Fusasaki, Councilor and Minister of People’s Affairs, died. He was to be given a minister’s funeral, but his family firmly declined it. Fusasaki was the second son of Fuhito, who was named Chancellor after his death.

○乙酉。参議兵部卿従三位藤原朝臣麻呂薨。贈太政大臣不比等之第四子也。

Thirteenth day. Fujiwara no Maro, Councilor and Minister of War, died. He was the fourth son of Fuhito, who was named Chancellor after his death.

○丁酉。勅、遣左大弁従三位橘宿禰諸兄。右大弁正四位紀朝臣男人。就右大臣第。授正一位、拝左大臣。即日薨。遣従四位下中臣朝臣名代等、監護喪事。所須官給。武智麻呂、贈太政大臣不比等之第一子也。

Twenty-fifth day. The emperor sent Tachibana no Moroe, Controller of the Left, and Ki no Ohito, Controller of the Right, to the house of the Minister of the Right. There they granted him the highest court rank and appointed him Minister of the Left. He died that same day. Nakatomi no Nashiro and others were sent to oversee the funeral, and the government supplied whatever was needed. Muchimaro was the eldest son of Fuhito, who was named Chancellor after his death.

○丙午。参議式部卿兼太宰帥正三位藤原朝臣宇合薨。贈太政大臣不比等之第三子也。

Fifth day. Fujiwara no Umakai, Councilor, Minister of Ceremonial, and Governor-General of the Dazaifu, died. He was the third son of Fuhito, who was named Chancellor after his death.