Kibi no Makibi

Kibi no Makibi in a book illustration by Kikuchi Yōsai
In this Japanese name, the surname is Kibi.

Kibi no Asomi Makibi (吉備 朝臣 真備, 695 – November 3, 775) was a Japanese scholar and noble during the Nara period.[1] Also known as Kibi Daijin (吉備大臣, Minister Kibi).

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kibi no Makibi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 512.