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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kakinomoto no Hitomaro canonical | 2 |
| Man'yōshū poets | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Context triple: [Man'yōshū, notablePoet, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro]
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A.
Ō no Yasumaro
Ō no Yasumaro was an early 8th-century Japanese noble and scholar best known for compiling the Kojiki, one of Japan’s oldest extant chronicles of myths, legends, and early history.
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Saigyō
Saigyō was a renowned late Heian and early Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist monk and poet celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry on nature, impermanence, and spiritual longing.
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Matsuo Bashō
Matsuo Bashō was a renowned Japanese poet celebrated as the master of haiku and a central figure in early modern Japanese literature.
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D.
Katsushika
Katsushika is a special ward in eastern Tokyo, Japan, known as a largely residential and traditional shitamachi area along the Edo River.
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E.
Sugawara no Michizane
Sugawara no Michizane was a renowned Heian-period scholar, poet, and statesman who was later deified in Japan as Tenjin, the patron kami of learning and scholarship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Target entity description: 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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A.
Ō no Yasumaro
Ō no Yasumaro was an early 8th-century Japanese noble and scholar best known for compiling the Kojiki, one of Japan’s oldest extant chronicles of myths, legends, and early history.
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B.
Saigyō
Saigyō was a renowned late Heian and early Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist monk and poet celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry on nature, impermanence, and spiritual longing.
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C.
Matsuo Bashō
Matsuo Bashō was a renowned Japanese poet celebrated as the master of haiku and a central figure in early modern Japanese literature.
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D.
Katsushika
Katsushika is a special ward in eastern Tokyo, Japan, known as a largely residential and traditional shitamachi area along the Edo River.
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E.
Sugawara no Michizane
Sugawara no Michizane was a renowned Heian-period scholar, poet, and statesman who was later deified in Japan as Tenjin, the patron kami of learning and scholarship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese poet
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Man'yōshū poet ⓘ court poet ⓘ person ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| activeIn | Yamato Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Imperial court of Japan (historically)
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surface form:
Imperial court of Japan
Kakinomoto clan ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | shrines in Japan ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| era |
Yamato period
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surface form:
Asuka period
Nara period ⓘ |
| floruit |
early 8th century
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late 7th century ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
chōka
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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
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later waka poets ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to early Japanese literature
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elegies ⓘ long chōka poems ⓘ poems in the Man'yōshū ⓘ short tanka poems ⓘ |
| language | Old Japanese ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Man'yōshū
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surface form:
Man'yōshū poetry
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| memorializedAs | poetic sage ⓘ |
| memorializedIn | later Japanese literary criticism ⓘ |
| name | Kakinomoto no Hitomaro self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName | 柿本人麻呂 ⓘ |
| occupation |
court official
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poet ⓘ |
| poeticForm |
elegy
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envoy (hanka) ⓘ |
| poeticThemes |
impermanence
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lament ⓘ love ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| reveredAs | one of the greatest early Japanese poets ⓘ |
| title | kashin (court poet) ⓘ |
| workFeaturedIn | Man'yōshū ⓘ |
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Subject: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
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