Saeki no Akamaro
{{Short description|Japanese waka poet}}
Saeki no Akamaro (佐伯赤麻呂) was a Japanese waka poet of the Nara period.
Biography
His birth and death dates are unknown, as are all details of his life.{{sfnm|1a1=Taira|1y=1986|1p=6}} His kabane was Sukune.{{sfnm|1a1=Taira|1y=1986|1p=6}}
One theory holds that he was the same person as the more famous {{illm|Saeki no Kiyomaro|ja|佐伯浄麻呂}}.{{sfnm|1a1=Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus|1y=2015}}
Poetry
Several of his poems survive in the Man'yōshū,{{sfnm|1a1=Taira|1y=1986|1p=6}} specifically in two poetic exchanges he had with his daughter (who is unnamed),{{sfnm|1a1=Taira|1y=1986|1p=6}} in which his poems are those numbered 405 and 628.{{sfnm|1a1=Taira|1y=1986|1p=6}} One other tanka of his was included in the collection, as number 630.{{sfnm|1a1=Taira|1y=1986|1p=6}} He is considered a poet of the "fourth period" of the Man'yōshū.{{sfnm|1a1=Taira|1y=1986|1p=6}}
References
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Cited works
- {{cite encyclopedia
|encyclopedia = Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus
|title = Saeki no Akamaro
|language = japanese
|script-title = ja:佐伯赤麻呂
|year = 2015
|publisher = Kodansha
|url = https://kotobank.jp/word/佐伯赤麻呂-1076991#E3.83.87.E3.82.B8.E3.82.BF.E3.83.AB.E7.89.88.20.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E4.BA.BA.E5.90.8D.E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E5.85.B8.2BPlus
|access-date = 2018-02-24
|ref = {{SfnRef|Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus|2015}}
}}
- {{cite encyclopedia
| last = Taira
| first = Toshikatsu
| author-link = Toshikatsu Taira
| editor1-last = Inukai
| editor1-first = Kiyoshi
| editor1-link = Kiyoshi Inukai
| editor2-last = Inoue
| editor2-first = Muneo
| editor2-link = Muneo Inoue
| editor3-last = Ōkubo
| editor3-first = Tadashi
| editor3-link = Tadashi Ōkubo
| editor4-last = Ono
| editor4-first = Hiroshi
| editor4-link = Hiroshi Ono (scholar)
| editor5-last = Tanaka
| editor5-first = Yutaka
| editor5-link = Yutaka Tanaka (scholar)
| editor6-last = Hashimoto
| editor6-first = Fumio
| editor6-link = Fumio Hashimoto
| editor7-last = Fujihira
| editor7-first = Haruo
| editor7-link = Haruo Fujihira
| encyclopedia = Waka Daijiten
| title = Akamaro
| language = Japanese
| year = 1986
| publisher = Meiji Shoin
| location = Tokyo
| isbn = 4-625-40029-5
| page = 6
}}
Further reading
- {{cite book
|last = Hashimoto
|first = Shirō
|chapter = 幇間歌人佐伯赤麻呂
|editor-last = Sakaida
|editor-first = Shirō
|date = 1974
|title = 境田教授喜寿記念論文集
|url =
|location = Osaka
|publisher = 境田教授喜寿記念論文集刊行会
|page =
|isbn =
|author-link = Shirō Hashimoto
|editor-link = Shirō Sakaida
}}
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