Background
Tachibana no-Moroe was born in 684. He was the son of Minu-o and Michiyo Tachibana.
橘 諸兄
Tachibana no-Moroe was born in 684. He was the son of Minu-o and Michiyo Tachibana.
In 743 Tachibana was appointed Minister of Left. He was a powerful administrator. He also was known as a brilliant waka poet and one of the compilers of Manyoshu anthology. After his death Emi-no-Oshikatsu destroyed the Tachibana family.
Tachibana was the father of Tachibana no Naramaro (Japanese aristocrat (kuge), courtier, and statesman of the Nara period).