Fujiwara no Tsunetsugu
Template:Japanese name Fujiwara no Tsunetsugu (藤原常嗣, d. 840) was a Japanese scholar and diplomat.
Mission to China
In 833, Emperor Nimmyō named Tsunetsugu the Imperial ambassador to China.[1] He was the last envoy from Japan to China during the Heian period.[2]
The diplomatic mission left Kyushu in 838; Tsunetsugu returned to Japan in 839.[3] The mission party included the Buddhist monk Ennin.[2]
Related pages
References
- ^ Sansom, George Bailey. (1958). A History of Japan to 1334, p. 134.
- ^ a b Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Tsunetsugu" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 211.
- ^ Sansom, p. 135.
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