was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Yoshisuke" in ; Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915).
Career at court He was a minister during the reign of Emperor Montoku.
857 (Ten'an 1, 2nd month): Yoshisuke was made udaijin.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ; see "Fousiwara-no Yosi souke", pre-Hepburn romanization
Yoshisuke helped to write the Shoku Nihon Kōki.
Genealogy This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu. Yoshisuke's brothers were Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, Fujiwara no NagayoshiBrinkley, and Fujiwara no Yoshikado.Florenz, Karl. (1906)
He was father to Fujiwara no Tagakishi and Fujiwara no Tamishi.
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References Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era. New York: Encyclopædia Britannica. OCLC 413099 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128 Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon (Nihon Odai Ichiran). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691