“Dialogue on Poverty”

E750653

Japanese poet Japanese poetic work literary dialogue waka poetry

“Dialogue on Poverty” is an early 8th-century Japanese poetic work by Yamanoue no Okura that reflects on social inequality and the hardships of the poor in Nara-period society.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Dialogue on Poverty	0
Yamanoue no Okura	0

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese poet ⓘ Japanese poetic work ⓘ literary dialogue ⓘ waka poetry ⓘ
activePeriod	early 8th century ⓘ
approximateYear	c. 720 ⓘ
associatedWith	Yamanoue no Okura’s social concern ⓘ
associatedWork	Dialogue on Poverty NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Yamanoue no Okura NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Japan ⓘ
criticizes	social injustice ⓘ wealth disparity ⓘ
culturalContext	early Japanese court society ⓘ
dateWritten	early 8th century ⓘ
genre	didactic literature ⓘ poetry ⓘ social criticism ⓘ
hasAuthorOccupation	court poet ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	early literary depiction of poverty in Japan ⓘ evidence of social stratification in Nara period ⓘ
hasPerspective	sympathy for the poor ⓘ
includedIn	Man’yōshū NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Buddhist ethics ⓘ Confucian social thought ⓘ
literaryForm	dialogue ⓘ
literaryMovement	Man’yōshū poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryTradition	classical Japanese poetry ⓘ
mainTheme	Nara-period society ⓘ hardships of the poor ⓘ poverty ⓘ social inequality ⓘ
originalLanguage	Classical Japanese ⓘ Old Japanese ⓘ
period	Nara period NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrays	economic hardship ⓘ life of the poor ⓘ
setting	Nara-period Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn	Japanese literature ⓘ Nara-period studies ⓘ social history of Japan ⓘ
tone	didactic ⓘ lamenting ⓘ
workOf	Yamanoue no Okura NERFINISHED ⓘ

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