Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

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Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was a prominent late 7th–early 8th century Japanese court poet revered as one of the greatest contributors to early Japanese literature and a central figure in the Man'yōshū anthology.

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Kakinomoto no Hitomaro canonical 2
Man'yōshū poets 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese poet
Man'yōshū poet
court poet
person
poet
activeIn Yamato Province NERFINISHED
associatedWith Imperial court of Japan (historically)
surface form: Imperial court of Japan

Kakinomoto clan
commemoratedBy shrines in Japan
country Japan
culture Japanese
era Yamato period
surface form: Asuka period

Nara period
floruit early 8th century
late 7th century
gender male
genre chōka
tanka
waka
hasLegacy standard of excellence for classical Japanese poetry
hasRole central figure in the Man'yōshū anthology
honorificStatus poetic deity (uta no kami) in later tradition
influenced Heian-period court poetry
later waka poets
knownFor contributions to early Japanese literature
elegies
long chōka poems
poems in the Man'yōshū
short tanka poems
language Old Japanese
literaryMovement Man'yōshū
surface form: Man'yōshū poetry
memorializedAs poetic sage
memorializedIn later Japanese literary criticism
name Kakinomoto no Hitomaro self-link
nativeName 柿本人麻呂
occupation court official
poet
poeticForm elegy
envoy (hanka)
poeticThemes impermanence
lament
love
religion Shinto
reveredAs one of the greatest early Japanese poets
title kashin (court poet)
workFeaturedIn Man'yōshū

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Man'yōshū notablePoet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro name Kakinomoto no Hitomaro self-link
Ōtomo no Yakamochi literaryMovement Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
this entity surface form: Man'yōshū poets