Onna Nabe
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|known_for = Poet of Ryuka (poetry), a genre of local poetry
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|nationality = Ryūkyū Kingdom
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{{Nihongo|Onna Nabe|恩納なべ}} was a ryuka poet who was born in Onna, Okinawa, and lived in the 18th century.
About Onna Nabe
Eisho Miyagi thought she had some spiritual power, and she danced as a religious person.{{clarify|date=July 2012}}Yaka[1995:28-36]
Ryuka
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Original text
:恩納 松下に 禁止の碑 たちゅす 恋 しのぶまでぃの 禁止や ないさめNihon Shodō[1992:71]
:恩納岳 あがた 里が 生まれ島 もりも おしのけてぃ こがたなさなNihon Shodō[1992:70]
:波の 声もとまれ 風の 声もとまれ 首里天がなし 美御機 拝まHiga[1983:jou638]
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Transliteration
:Unna Matyuisitani Tijunufenu Tachusu Kui Shinubumadinu Tijiya Naisami
:Unnadaki Agata Satoga Umarijima Morimo Oshinuketi Kugatanasana
:Naminu Kuemotomare Kazenu Kuemotomare Shuitinganashi Miunki Ogama
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Translation
:There stands a notice board of forbidding something under a pine tree of Onna Village. I hope the authorities are not forbidding affection between man and woman
:Over Mount Onna, there is a village where my lover lives. I would like to push away the woods, and draw the village near to me
:Be quiet, the sea waves. Be quiet, the sounds of the wind, Everyone. Bow the King and see his face
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Ryuka on Onna Nabe
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Original text
:間暮の 空に 立ちゅる 恩納岳
しばし 眺めゆん なべゆ 思てぃ
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Transliteration
:Yumanguwinu Shurani Tachuru Unnadaki
:Shibashi Nagameyun Nabeyu Umuti
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Translation
:Mount Onna stands clearly against the darkening sky
:I watch it for some time, thinking of Onna Nabe (Akihito, 1987)
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Footnotes
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References
- Kei Higa Okinawa Encyclopedia 1983, Okinawa Times, Naha, jou, chu, ge.
- Munekatsu Yaka Ryukyu Bungaku, Folklore studies on Ryuka 1995 Kindai Bungeisha, Tokyo.
- 屋嘉宗克 琉球文学 琉歌の民俗学的研究 1995 近代文芸社 東京
- Nihon Shodō Bijutukan, Ryuka, the heart of songs of the Southern Island, 1992, Nihonshodou Shuppankyoukai, Tokyo.
- 日本書道美術館 琉歌ー南島のうたの心、1992, 日本書道出版協会、東京
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110405151119/http://www.edu.city.kyoto.jp/hp/saikyo/okinawa/ryuhka.html Ryuka]
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