Ki no Maetsukimi (紀 卿) was a Japanese noble and waka poet in the Nara period.
Biography edit
The details of the life of the poet known as Ki no Maetsukimi (maetsukimi meaning a lord, and Ki being a noble family's name) are unknown.[citation needed] In Tenpyō 2 (730) he participated in a plum blossom-viewing party at the residence of Ōtomo no Tabito,[1] then the governor (一大宰帥, ichi dazai no sochi) of the Dazaifu.[1]
Yūkichi Takeda's Man'yōshū Zenchūshaku (万葉集全註釈) speculates that he may have been the same person who died in Tenpyō 10 (738) while serving as co-administrator (大弐, daini) of the Dazaifu.[1]
Poetry edit
Poem 815 in the Man'yōshū is attributed to him.[1]
| Man'yōgana[2] | Modern Japanese text[2] | Reconstructed Old Japanese[citation needed] | Modern Japanese[citation needed] | English translation[citation needed] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 武都紀多知 波流能吉多良婆 可久斯許曽 烏梅乎乎<岐>都々 多努之岐乎倍米 |
正月立ち 春の来らば かくしこそ 梅を招きつつ 楽しき終へめ |
mutsuki tachi haru no kitaraba kakushi koso ume o okitsutsu tanoshiki oeme |
See also edit
References edit
Citations edit
- ^ a b c d Nakanishi 1985, p. 228.
- ^ a b University of Virginia 1999.
Works cited edit
- Nakanishi, Susumu (1985). Man'yōshū Jiten (Man'yōshū zen'yakuchū genbun-tsuki bekkan) (paperback ed.). Tokyo: Kōdansha. ISBN 978-4-06-183651-8.
- University of Virginia (1999). "Manyoshu [Book 5]". Charlottesville: University of Virginia.