Fujiwara no Takasuke

Fujiwara no Takasuke was an early Heian court noble of the Southern House of the Fujiwara, son of Fujiwara no Otokawa. He received junior fifth rank in 833 and its upper grade in 837, and served as governor of Mutsu and in the Right Gate Guards.

His great-grandson Fujiwara no Tamenori took the name Kudo Taifu and founded the Kudo warrior house, from which several clans, including the Ito, later branched.