Abe no Kooji (安倍子祖父) was a Japanese courtier and waka poet of the Nara period.
Biography
editThe birth and death dates of the courtier and poet known as Abe no Kooji are unknown.[1] His kabane was Ason.[2] He was an imperial attendant (大舎人 ōtoneri)[1] in the service of Prince Toneri.[1] Kamochi Masazumi's Man'yōshū Kogi (万葉集古義) speculates that he was the same person as Hiketa no Kooji (引田朝臣子祖父 Hiketa no Ason Kooji)[who?].[2]
Poetry
editPoems 3838 and 3839 in the Man'yōshū are attributed to him.[2] He presented the poems to Prince Toneri,[3] for which he received a payment of 2,000 mon.[2]
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References
edit- ^ a b c Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015.
- ^ a b c d Nakanishi 1985, p. 196.
- ^ Nakanishi 1985, p. 196; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015.
- ^ a b c d University of Virginia 1999.
Works cited
edit- Nakanishi, Susumu (1985). Man'yōshū Jiten (Man'yōshū zen'yakuchū genbun-tsuki bekkan) (paperback ed.). Tokyo: Kōdansha. ISBN 978-4-06-183651-8.
- "Abe no Kooji" 安倍子祖父. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2015. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
- University of Virginia (1999). "Manyoshu [Book 16]". Charlottesville: University of Virginia.