Fujiwara

Fujiwara (Japanese pronunciation: [ɸɯʑiwaɾa], written: 藤原 lit. "Wisteria field"[1]) is a Japanese surname. (In English conversation it is likely to be rendered as /fˈwɑːrə/.) Notable people with the surname include:

Families

Arts and entertainment

Science

  • Masahiko Fujiwara (藤原 正彦; born 1943), Japanese mathematician and essayist
  • Matsusaburo Fujiwara (藤原 松三郎; 1881–1946), Japanese mathematician and historian of mathematics
  • Sakuhei Fujiwhara (藤原 咲平; 1884–1950), Japanese meteorologist
  • Toshi Fujiwara (藤原利隆(とし); 1939–2016), Japanese scientist in the field of combustion and detonation

Politicians

Sports

Fictional characters

See also

  • Fujiwara, Mie, a former town in Mie Prefecture
  • Fujiwara-kyō, an ancient Imperial capital of Japan, corresponding to modern-day Kashihara, Nara
  • The Fujiwhara effect (in weather)
  • Fujiwara (comedy duo), Japanese comedy duo (kombi) consisting of Toshifumi Fujimoto (藤本 敏史) and Takayuki Haranishi (原西 孝幸)

References

  1. ^ Yiengpruksawan, Mimi Hall (1994). "What's in a Name? Fujiwara Fixation in Japanese Cultural History". Monumenta Nipponica. 49 (4): 424 from 423–453. doi:10.2307/2385257. ISSN 0027-0741.