Kasa no Kanamura (笠 金村; dates unknown) was a Japanese waka poet of the Nara period.

Biography

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The date of Kasa no Kanamura's birth and death is unknown.[1]

However he is said to have been active from fl.715-733.[2]

Poetry

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Some 46 poems in the Man'yōshū are attributed to Kanamura: 230–232, 233–234, 364–365, 366–367, 368, 369, 543–545, 546–548, 907–909, 910–912, 920–922, 928–930, 935–937, 950–953, 1453–1455, 1532–1533, 1785–1786, and 1787–1789.[3] Of these, sixteen—230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 368, 369, 950, 951, 952, 953, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, and 1789—are cited to the Kasa no Asomi Kanamura no Kashū (笠朝臣金村歌集).[3] 233 and 234 are attributed to him by some manuscripts, but not others.[3]

Susumu Nakanishi tentatively takes his eulogy for Prince Shiki, composed in 715, as the beginning of his poetic career.[3] He acted as a court poet to the imperial household.[4]

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Citations

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  1. ^ Daijirin 2006; Endō 2001; Haga 1994; MyPaedia 2015; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015; World Encyclopedia 1998.
  2. ^ "Kasa Kanamura • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史". . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  3. ^ a b c d Nakanishi 1985, p. 222.
  4. ^ Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten 2014; Daijirin 2006; Endō 2001; MyPaedia 2015; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015; World Encyclopedia 1998.

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