Tachibana no Moroe

was a Japanese Imperial prince and official in the court of Emperor Shōmu and Empress Kōken.

He was the father of Tachibana no Naramaro .

• 738 (Tenpyō 10, 1st month): Moroe was created Udaijin (Minister of the Right) in the Imperial court.
• 740 (Tenpyō 12): Moroe put down a revolt by Fujiwara no Hirotsugu.
• 742 (Tenpyō 14): The emperor sent Moroe to Ise to convey his appreciation to the kami.
• 743 (Tenpyō 15): Moroe was elevated to a rank almost equal to Sadaijin (Minister of the Left).
• 756 (Tenpyō-shōhō 8, 2nd month): Empress Kōken is informed that Sadaijin Moroe is contemplating revolt, but she refuses to credit the rumor; nevertheless, Moroe resigns.
• 757 (Tenpyō-hōji 1): Moroe dies at age 74; and his rank is posthumously raised by the empress.

Moroe was a poet whose work is included in the Man'yōshū.

Family

• Father: Prince Minu (美努王)
• Mother: Agata no Inukai no Michiyo
• Wife: Fujiwara no Tabino (藤原多比能), daughter of Fujiwara no Fuhito
• Son: Tachibana no Naramaro
• Unknown Concubine
• Daughter: Lady Teruyoru (照夜の前), married Fujiwara no Hosei

Notes

References

• 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