Fujiwara no Matate

Fujiwara no Matate (藤原 真楯, 715 – April 25, 766) was a Japanese court noble and statesman of the Nara period.

In 758, he supported Nakamaro's renaming of various government offices in the Chinese style of the Tang dynasty, and in 760 Yatsuka himself was granted the Tang-style name of Matate.

Also in this period, he held a farewell feast for Yōshōkei (揚承慶) of the fourth envoy expedition from Balhae to the court, which the latter greatly appreciated.

In Nakamaro's rebellion of 764, Matate supported the winning side of Empress Kōken, and was promoted to shō san-mi (正三位) and jutō-taishō [ja] and granted honors, second-class.

In the late Nara period, an equality between the clans was considered ideal, and for important positions to be held by father–son or sibling pairs still incurred criticism.