Nakatomi no Nashiro (中臣名代)
Courtier sent to oversee Muchimaro's funeral.
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The Great Epidemic of 735–737
Court historians, Chronicles of Japan, Continued (Shoku Nihongi), Book 12 · 735–737 (entries); compiled by 797
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○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.