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{{nihongo|'''Yamanoue no Okura'''|山上憶良||extra=also written as 山於億良, 660?–733?}} was a [[Japan]]ese [[poet]], the best known for his poems of children and commoners. He was a member of [[Japanese missions to Tang China]]. He was also a contributor to the [[Man'yōshū]] and his writing had a strong Chinese influence. Unlike other Japanese poetry of the time, his work emphasizes a morality based on the teachings of [[Confucius]]. He was perhaps born in 660 because his fifth volume, published in 733, has a sentence saying " |
{{nihongo|'''Yamanoue no Okura'''|山上憶良||extra=also written as 山於億良, 660?–733?}} was a [[Japan]]ese [[poet]], the best known for his poems of children and commoners. He was a member of [[Japanese missions to Tang China]]. He was also a contributor to the [[Man'yōshū]] and his writing had a strong Chinese influence. Unlike other Japanese poetry of the time, his work emphasizes a morality based on the teachings of [[Confucius]]. He was perhaps born in 660 because his fifth volume, published in 733, has a sentence saying, "In this year, I am 74."{{cn|date=February 2014}}<!-- We don't have "his fifth volume" to what is this referring? Book 5 of the Man'youshuu? --> |
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He was traditionally said to be descendant of [[Emperor Kōshō]].<ref>According to [[Shinsen Shōjiroku]], the Yamanoue clan was descended from "Amatarashihikokunioshihito no Mikoto, the eldest son of Emperor Kōshō. For the detailed analysis of Yamanoue clan in the description of Shinsen Shōjiroku, see Saeki, Arikiyo 1985. ''Nihon Kodai Shizoku no Kenkyu'', Yoshikawa Kobunkan pp.147-152 </ref><ref>Also traditionally taken as an ancestor of Okura's senior poet [[Kakinomoto no Hitomaro]] ([[Haku Itō|Itō, Haku]] 1983. "Yamanoue no Okura" in ''Encyclopedia Japonica'').</ref> Lliterary scholars including [[Susumu Nakanishi]] have proposed that he was born in [[Baekje]], one of the [[Three Kingdoms of Korea]].<ref>Nakanishi, Susumu 1983. "Yamanoue no Okura" in ''Epoca'' (vol. 17). Ōbunsha.</ref><ref>Keene, Donald 1993. ''Seeds in the Heart'' page 160, note 9.</ref> |
He was traditionally said to be descendant of [[Emperor Kōshō]].<ref>According to [[Shinsen Shōjiroku]], the Yamanoue clan was descended from "Amatarashihikokunioshihito no Mikoto, the eldest son of Emperor Kōshō. For the detailed analysis of Yamanoue clan in the description of Shinsen Shōjiroku, see Saeki, Arikiyo 1985. ''Nihon Kodai Shizoku no Kenkyu'', Yoshikawa Kobunkan pp.147-152 </ref><ref>Also traditionally taken as an ancestor of Okura's senior poet [[Kakinomoto no Hitomaro]] ([[Haku Itō|Itō, Haku]] 1983. "Yamanoue no Okura" in ''Encyclopedia Japonica'').</ref> Lliterary scholars including [[Susumu Nakanishi]] have proposed that he was born in [[Baekje]], one of the [[Three Kingdoms of Korea]].<ref>Nakanishi, Susumu 1983. "Yamanoue no Okura" in ''Epoca'' (vol. 17). Ōbunsha.</ref><ref>Keene, Donald 1993. ''Seeds in the Heart'' page 160, note 9.</ref> |
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Template:Japanese name Yamanoue no Okura (山上憶良, also written as 山於億良, 660?–733?) was a Japanese poet, the best known for his poems of children and commoners. He was a member of Japanese missions to Tang China. He was also a contributor to the Man'yōshū and his writing had a strong Chinese influence. Unlike other Japanese poetry of the time, his work emphasizes a morality based on the teachings of Confucius. He was perhaps born in 660 because his fifth volume, published in 733, has a sentence saying, "In this year, I am 74."[citation needed]
He was traditionally said to be descendant of Emperor Kōshō.[1][2] Lliterary scholars including Susumu Nakanishi have proposed that he was born in Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.[3][4]
Yamanoue no Okura accompanied a mission to Tang China in 701 and returned to Japan in 707. In the years following his return he served in various official capacities. He served as the Governor of Hōki (near present day Tottori), tutor to the crown prince, and Governor of Chikuzen. While there, he associated with Otomo no Tabito, who was serving in Dazaifu.[5]
Notes
- ^ According to Shinsen Shōjiroku, the Yamanoue clan was descended from "Amatarashihikokunioshihito no Mikoto, the eldest son of Emperor Kōshō. For the detailed analysis of Yamanoue clan in the description of Shinsen Shōjiroku, see Saeki, Arikiyo 1985. Nihon Kodai Shizoku no Kenkyu, Yoshikawa Kobunkan pp.147-152
- ^ Also traditionally taken as an ancestor of Okura's senior poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (Itō, Haku 1983. "Yamanoue no Okura" in Encyclopedia Japonica).
- ^ Nakanishi, Susumu 1983. "Yamanoue no Okura" in Epoca (vol. 17). Ōbunsha.
- ^ Keene, Donald 1993. Seeds in the Heart page 160, note 9.
- ^ Keene, 132
Further reading
- Nakanishi Susumu (1973), Yamanoue no Okura, Kawade Shobo Shinsha
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