Onakatomi no Yorimoto Archives • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史 https://historyofjapan.co.uk/wiki_cats/onakatomi-no-yorimoto/ Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:58:08 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://i0.wp.com/historyofjapan.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-TairaClan-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Onakatomi no Yorimoto Archives • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史 https://historyofjapan.co.uk/wiki_cats/onakatomi-no-yorimoto/ 32 32 146592828 Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu https://historyofjapan.co.uk/wiki/onakatomi-no-yoshinobu/ Mon, 02 Mar 2020 03:17:24 +0000 https://historyofjapan.co.uk/?post_type=yada_wiki&p=8118 Period: Heian Period Occupation: Waka Poet, Hereditary High Official, Nashitsubo no Gonin Family: Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto Birth: 921AD Death: 991AD Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu (大中臣 能宣) was a Heian Period poet, as well as holding the position of Hereditary High Official of the Department of Religious Affairs.1 Additionally, he was a Shinto Priest and […]

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Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.

Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu

Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu (大中臣 能宣) was a Heian Period poet, as well as holding the position of Hereditary High Official of the Department of Religious Affairs.1 Additionally, he was a Shinto Priest and was the head of the Priests of Ise.3 Living from 921-991AD he was the son of Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto. Yoshinobu was appointed a member of the Yoryūdo (Bureau of Poetry) in 9514 and as part of it he took part in transcribing the Man’yōshū,1 and as one of the Nashitsubo no Gonin he helped in the compilation of the Gosenshū.3

Overall, we can find 126 poems of his in Imperial Waka Anthologies,1 including the Shūishū and he has a large private collection of poetry known as the Yoshinobu-shū.3

He was listed as one of the Thirty-Six Poetic Geniuses and one of his poems (No.49) can be found in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu and goes as follows:1

Japanese text2
Romanized Japanese1
English translation1
みかき守
衛士のたく火の
夜はもえ
昼は消えつつ
物をこそおもへ 		Mikakimori
eji no taku hi no
yoru wa moe
hiru wa kietsutsu
mono o koso omoe		This troubled heart of mine
Is like the watch fire of the guards
Of the palace gate -
It fades to embers by day,
But blazes up again each night.

Footnotes

1. MacMillan, P. (2018) ”One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse”. St. Ives: Penguin Classics.
2. Suzuki, H. et al. (1997) ”Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu”. Tokyo: Bun’eidō.
3. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.
4. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.
Nashitsubo no Gonin
Ki no Tokibumi * Kiyohara no Motosuke * Minamoto no Shitagō * Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu * Sakanoue no Mochiki

Thirty Six Poetic Geniuses
Lady Ise * Yamabe no Akahito * Ariwara no Narihira * Ki no Tomonori * Sarumaru Taifu * Ono no Komachi * Fujiwara no Kanesuke * Fujiwara no Atsutada * Fujiwara no Toshiyuki * Minamoto no Muneyuki * Minamoto no Shitagō * Kiyohara no Motosuke * Sakanoue no Korenori * Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu * Fujiwara no Okikaze * Fujiwara no Asatada

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