Fujiwara kamatari biography for kids

7th-century Japanese statesman and politician; founder of the Fujiwara clan

In this Japanese name, the surname is Fujiwara.

Fujiwara no Kamatari (藤原 鎌足, – November 14, ), also known as Nakatomi no Kamatari (中臣 鎌足), was a Japanese politician and aristocrat who, together with Prince Naka no Ōe (later Emperor Tenji), carried out the Taika Reform.

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He was the founder of the Fujiwara clan, the most powerful aristocratic family in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods.^[1] He, along with the Mononobe clan, was a supporter of Shinto and fought the introduction of Buddhism to Japan. The Soga clan, defenders of Buddhism in the Asuka period, defeated Kamatari and the Mononobe clan, and Buddhism became the dominant religion of the Imperial Court.

Kamatari was appointed Inner Minister,^[2] and, along with Prince Naka no Ōe, later Emperor Tenji (–), launched the Taika Reform of , which centralized and strengthened the central government. Just b