Yakamochi was born into the Ōtomo clan; his grandfather was Ōtomo no Yasumaro and his father was Ōtomo no Tabito. The Ōtomo clan were warriors and bureaucrats...
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(海行かば) is a Japanese song whose lyrics are based on a chōka poem by Ōtomo no Yakamochi in the Man'yōshū (poem 4094), an eighth century anthology of Japanese...
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one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. Ōtomo no Yakamochi, the presumed compiler of the Man'yōshū, and Ki no Tsurayuki, the principal compiler of the...
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Ōtomo no Yakamochi, although numerous other theories have been proposed. The chronologically last datable poem in the collection is from AD 759 (No. 4516)...
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military campaign against the Hayato Rebellion and as the father of Ōtomo no Yakamochi, who contributed to the compilation of the Man'yōshū alongside his...
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Christianity Ōtomo no Tabito (662–731), poet Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718–785), waka poet Ai Ōtomo (born 1982), volleyball player Katsuhiro Otomo (born 1954)...
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1624. She was a daughter of Ōtomo no Sukunamaro and Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume. Her older half-sister was Ōtomo no Tamura no Ōiratsume and she was a younger...
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(c. 630–690), Asuka period poet Ōtomo no Tabito 大伴旅人 (c. 662–731) poet best known as the father of Ōtomo no Yakamochi; both contributed to compiling the...
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aunt of Ōtomo no Yakamochi. Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume was born c. 695 to the powerful and influential Ōtomo clan. A daughter of Ōtomo no Yasumaro...
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relation to the immigrant Ōtomo clan (大友氏) or feudal Ōtomo clan (大友氏); famous for Ōtomo no Yakamochi. Ozutsuki clan [ja] (大筒木氏) Soga clan (蘇我氏) – descended...
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