Ōtomo no Yakamochi

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Ōtomo no Yakamochi was an 8th-century Japanese court noble and one of the most prominent poets of the Nara period, traditionally regarded as a principal compiler of the Man'yōshū anthology.

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Ōtomo no Yakamochi canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese poet ⓘ
Nara-period person ⓘ
court noble ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedWithEvent compilation of the Man'yōshū ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Nara ⓘ
canonicalStatus major classical Japanese poet ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
culture Japanese ⓘ
describedAs one of the most prominent poets of the Nara period ⓘ
era Tenpyō era ⓘ
linked to: Nara period
fieldOfWork literature ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
floruit 8th century ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre waka poetry ⓘ
hasInfluenced later Japanese waka poets ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection many poems preserved in the Man'yōshū ⓘ
historicalSignificance key figure in formation of Japanese poetic canon ⓘ
knownFor influence on early Japanese poetry ⓘ
large number of poems in the Man'yōshū ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Classical Japanese ⓘ
Old Japanese ⓘ
literaryMovement Man'yōshū poets ⓘ
memberOf Ōtomo clan ⓘ
nameInJapanese 大伴家持 ⓘ
nobleFamily Ōtomo clan ⓘ
notableWork Man'yōshū ⓘ
occupation courtier ⓘ
government official ⓘ
poet ⓘ
partOf early Japanese literary tradition ⓘ
period Nara period ⓘ
positionHeld court official in the Nara court ⓘ
provincial governor ⓘ
religion Buddhism (historical context) ⓘ
Shinto (historical context) ⓘ
roleInWork contributing poet to the Man'yōshū ⓘ
principal compiler of the Man'yōshū ⓘ
style court poetry ⓘ
personal and reflective waka ⓘ
timePeriodOfActivity reign of Emperor Shōmu ⓘ
reign of Empress Kōken ⓘ
traditionallyRegardedAs one of the four great Man'yōshū poets ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Man'yōshū → notablePoet → Ōtomo no Yakamochi ⓘ
Man'yōshū → chiefCompiler → Ōtomo no Yakamochi ⓘ
Ōtomo no Tabito → child → Ōtomo no Yakamochi ⓘ
Ōtomo no Tabito → relative → Ōtomo no Yakamochi ⓘ
Ōtomo clan → hasMember → Ōtomo no Yakamochi ⓘ
Man'yōshū poets → notableMember → Ōtomo no Yakamochi ⓘ
Ōtomo clan → hasNotableMember → Ōtomo no Yakamochi ⓘ
subject linked to: Ōtomo
Fujiwara no Nakamaro → contemporaryOf → Ōtomo no Yakamochi ⓘ
subject linked to: Nakamaro