Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
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Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was a Japanese waka poet and aristocrat of the late Asuka period. He was the most prominent of the poets included in the Man'yōshū, the oldest waka anthology, but apart from wha
Kanō Tan'yū: Hito-maru (人丸), 1648
Hitomaro by Kikuchi Yōsai
Ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi that depicts Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro from Ogura Hyakunin Isshu
Man'yōshū
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The Man'yōshū is the oldest extant collection of Japanese waka, compiled sometime after AD 759 during the Nara period. The anthology is one of the most revered of Japan's poetic compilations. The comp
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
…c. 653–655 – c. 707–710) was a Japanese waka poet and aristocrat of the late Asuka period. He was the most prominent of the poets included in the Man'yōshū, the oldest waka anthology, but apart from what can be gleaned from hints in the Man'yōshū, the details of his life are largely uncertain. He was born…
A page from the Man'yōshū