Japan: Isonokami no Yakatsugu (723-781 CE), Japanese scholar and nobleman during the Nara Period (710-794). Kikuchi Yosai, mid-19th century

In 757 Yakatsugu was appointed governor of Sagami province, in 759 the governor of Mikawa province, and in 761 the governor of Kazusa province.

In 761 he was also appointed vice-envoy to Tang dynasty China, but in the next year was replaced by Fujiwara no Tamaro without making the journey.

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