Ono no Oyu
{{Short description|Japanese bureaucrat and poet}}
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{{Nihongo|Ono no Oyu|小野 老||died 737}} was a Japanese bureaucrat and a poet. He served under Ōtomo no Tabito during the Dazaifu administration. He rose to the rank of {{nihongo|Assistant Governor-General||daini}}. Three of his tanka poems have been preserved in the Man'yōshū.
Tanka poem (Man'yōshū, 3:328):
{{Transliteration|ja|Awoni yoshi
Nara no
Miyako ha
Sakuhana no
Nihofuga gotoku
Ima sakari nari}}
Translation:
:In the beautiful green, here in the capital Nara, spring flowers are now in full bloom.
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Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:Japanese government officials
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