Ōtomo Yakamochi

Japanese poet
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Also known as: Ōtomo no Yakamochi
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Also called:
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
Born:
718?, Nara, Japan
Died:
Oct. 5, 785, Michinoku, northern Honshū

Ōtomo Yakamochi (born 718?, Nara, Japan—died Oct. 5, 785, Michinoku, northern Honshū) was a Japanese poet and the compiler of the Man’yōshū. Born into a family known for having supplied personal guards to the imperial family, Yakamochi became in 745 the governor of Etchū province, on the coast of the Sea of Japan (East Sea). Although he had been composing poetry throughout his life, he was intensely productive during his five years in Etchū and produced some of his best work there. His last datable poem is from 759; no works can be dated to the last 26 years of ...(100 of 173 words)