Onoshi no Tamori

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A.K.A.Ki no Maetsukimi
A.K.A.Ki no Maetsukimi
isPoet
Work fieldLiterature
Gender
Male
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Biography

Onoshi no Tamori (小野氏淡理) was a Japanese noble and waka poet in the Nara period.

Biography

The details of the life of Onoshi no Tamori are unknown. He was likely a member of the Ono clan. In Tenpyō 2 (730) he participated in a plum blossom-viewing party at the residence of Ōtomo no Tabito, then the governor (一大宰帥 ichi Dazai no sochi) of the Dazaifu.

Yūkichi Takeda's Man'yōshū Zenchūshaku (万葉集全註釈) speculates that he may have been the same person as the Ono no Tamori [ja] who served as ambassador () to Parhae.

Poetry

Poem 846 in the Man'yōshū is attributed to him.

Man'yōganaModern Japanese textReconstructed Old JapaneseModern JapaneseEnglish translation
可須美多都
那我岐波流卑乎
可謝勢例杼
伊野那都可子岐
烏梅能波那可毛
霞立つ
長き春日を
かざせれど
いやなつかしき
梅の花かも
'
kasumi tatsu
nagaki haruhi o
kazaseredo
iya natsukashiki
ume no hana kamo
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