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Yamanoue no Okura (山上憶良, also written as 山於億良, 660?–733?) was a Japanese poet, the best known for his poems of children and commoners. He was a member of Japanese missions to Tang China. He was also a contributor to the Man'yōshū and his writing had a strong Chinese influence. Unlike other Japanese poetry of the time, his work emphasizes a morality based on the teachings of Confucius and Buddhism. Most scholars believe that he was born in 660, on the basis of his Chinese prose "Chin'a Jiai-bun" recorded in the fifth volume of Man'yōshū as a work written in 733 (Tenpyō 5), in which he says, "In this year, I am 74."[1]

Yamanoue no Okura accompanied a mission to Tang China in 701 and returned to Japan in 707. In the years following his return he served in various official capacities. He served as the Governor of Hōki (near present-day Tottori), tutor to the crown prince, and Governor of Chikuzen. While there, he associated with Otomo no Tabito, who was serving in Dazaifu.[2]

Origins

Based on a reference to the Yamanoue clan in the Shinsen Shōjiroku, he was said to be a descendant of Emperor Kōshō.[3] A large number of literary scholars led by Susumu Nakanishi have proposed that he was born in the Korean kingdom of Baekje,[1][4][5] a view criticized by the historians Kazuo Aoki and Arikiyo Saeki in their respective works.[6][7] [8]

Edwin Cranston, Professor of Japanese literature at Harvard University, writes:

‘Okura’s early life is obscure, but recent research has led to the conclusion that his origins were Korean, that he was in fact born in Paekche, Japan’s ally on the Korean peninsula, and was brought to Japan in the wave of refugees that came when that state was extinguished by its rival Silla in 663. Okura would have been in his fourth year. His father, a doctor who entered the service of the Japanese court, no doubt provided his son with a thorough Chinese-style education. This education is amply evident in Okura’s surviving work, but his putative foreign origins are not. When he speaks of his adopted country he seems to speak as a native son.’ [9]

Okura's potentially continental origins have been cited as an example of the influence continental immigrants had on early Japanese politics, society and culture.[10]

References

Bibliography

• Nishizawa, Masashi, ed. (2002). Koten Bungaku o Yomu Tame no Yōgo Jiten [Dictionary of Terms for Reading Classical Japanese Literature] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Tōkyō-dō Shuppan. ISBN 978-4490106008. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
• Cranston, Edwin A., The Gem-Glistening Cup,, Stanford University Press, 1993.

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- [en] Yamanoue no Okura

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[es] Yamanoue no Okura

Yamanoue no Okura (山上 憶良) (660–733) fue un poeta japonés, conocido por sus poemas de niños y plebeyos. Muestras de sus poemas se encuentran en el Man'yōshū y su escritura tiene profundas influencias chinas. Como otros poemas japoneses de su tiempo, su obra enfatizó la moralidad basada en la enseñanzas de Confucio y Budismo. Nació probablemente en 660 pues su decimoquinto volumen, publicado en 733, se encuentra la frase "en este año tempo 74".

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[fr] Yamanoue no Okura

Yamanoue no Okura (山上 憶良?) (660 – 733) est un poète japonais surtout connu pour ses poèmes sur les enfants et les petites gens. Il a fait partie d'une des missions japonaises dans la Chine des Tang. Il contribue également à l'élaboration du Man'yōshū et ses textes sont empreints d'une forte influence chinoise. Contrairement à la poésie de son temps, ses poèmes mettent l'accent sur une moralité fondée sur l'enseignement de Confucius et du Bouddhisme. Il est peut-être né en 660 car dans le cinquième volume de ses œuvres, publié en 733, il est écrit : « Cette année, j'ai 74 ans ».

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[ru] Яманоуэ-но Окура

Яманоуэ-но Окура (яп. 山上憶良, 660 — 733) — японский политический деятель и поэт 2-й половины VII — начале VIII века периодов Асука и Нара. Служил при дворе Императоров Дзито и Момму. Один из авторов древнего японского поэтического сборника «Манъёсю».

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