was a Japanese noblewoman of the Nara period and sister-in-law of Emperor Kanmu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128
Family Moroane was a member of the famous Fujiwara clan. Her father was a nobleman called Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu.Varley, p. 151; Brown, p. 279. Her mother was Abe no Komina.
Her sister was Empress Fujiwara no Otomuro, wife of Emperor Kanmu.Religion in Japanese History by Joseph Mitsuo Kitagawa Moroane was an aunt of Emperor Heizei and Emperor Saga.Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki: A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns. New York: Columbia University Press. ; OCLC 59145842
Moroane married courtier Fujiwara no Momokawa.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Momokawa" in . Their children were: Fujiwara no OtsuguTitsingh, Fujiwara no Tsugunari Fujiwara no TabikoKanō, Shigefumi. "Fujiwara no Momokawa" in Fujiwara no TarashikoPonsonby-Fane, p. 318.
Her grandson was Emperor Junna.Brown and Ishida, p. 282.
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