Fujiwara no Kamatari

Fujiwara no Kamatari (614 to 669), also known as Nakatomi no Kamatari, was a Japanese politician and aristocrat who, together with Prince Naka no Oe, later Emperor Tenji, carried out the Taika Reform of 645. That reform centralized and strengthened the central government of Japan and is a foundation of the later codified state. Kamatari held the post of Inner Minister, and shortly before his death Emperor Tenji granted him the surname Fujiwara and the rank of Taishokan, thereby founding the Fujiwara clan, which became the most powerful aristocratic family of Japan in the Nara and Heian periods.