Sami Mansei (沙弥満誓, "novice Mansei", flourished circa 720), was a Japanese Buddhist priest and poet. Little is known of his life except that his secular name was Kasa no Ason Maro. While serving at a temple in the north of Kyūshū, he was a member of Ōtomo no Tabito's literary coterie. His few surviving pieces are collected in the Man'yōshū.
Mansei is famous for the following waka poem from the Manyoshu: Yononaka-wo Nani-ni Tatohemu Asa-biraki Kogi-inishi Fune-no Ato-naki-gotoshi which means All are to disappear, just as the morning boat wake does.[1]
References
edit- ^ Okada, Tetsuzo (1934). "English translations of the Manyoshu". Studies in English Literature. 14 (4): 474. doi:10.20759/elsjp.14.4_468. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
Further reading
edit- Roy Andrew Miller, The Lost Poetic Sequence of the Priest Manzei
- Steven D. Carter, Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, Stanford U. 1993 ISBN 978-0804722124
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