Kasa no Kanamura (笠 金村; dates unknown) was a Japanese waka poet of the Nara period.
Biography
The date of Kasa no Kanamura's birth and death is unknown.
However he is said to have been active from fl.715-733.
Poetry
Some 46 poems in the Man'yōshū are attributed to Kanamura: 230–232, 233–234, 364–365, 366–367, 368, 369, 543–545, 546–548, 907–909, 910–912, 920–922, 928–930, 935–937, 950–953, 1453–1455, 1532–1533, 1785–1786, and 1787–1789. Of these, sixteen—230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 368, 369, 950, 951, 952, 953, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, and 1789—are cited to the Kasa no Asomi Kanamura no Kashū (笠朝臣金村歌集). 233 and 234 are attributed to him by some manuscripts, but not others.
Susumu Nakanishi tentatively takes his eulogy for Prince Shiki, composed in 715, as the beginning of his poetic career. He acted as a court poet to the imperial household.
References
Citations
- Daijirin 2006; Endō 2001; Haga 1994; MyPaedia 2015; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015; World Encyclopedia 1998.
- "Kasa Kanamura • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史". . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
- ^ Nakanishi 1985, p. 222.
- Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten 2014; Daijirin 2006; Endō 2001; MyPaedia 2015; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015; World Encyclopedia 1998.
Works cited
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- "Kasa no Kanamura" 笠金村. Daijirin (in Japanese). Sanseidō. 2006. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- Endō, Hiroshi (2001). "Kasa no Kanamura" 笠金村. Encyclopedia Nipponica (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- Haga, Norio (1994). "Kasa no Kanamura" 笠金村. Asahi Nihon Rekishi Jinbutsu Jiten (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun-sha. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- "Kasa no Kanamura" 笠金村. MyPaedia (in Japanese). Heibonsha. 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- Nakanishi, Susumu (1985). Man'yōshū Jiten (Man'yōshū zen'yakuchū genbun-tsuki bekkan) (paperback ed.). Tokyo: Kōdansha. ISBN 978-4-06-183651-8.
- "Kasa no Kanamura" 笠金村. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- "Kasa no Kanamura" 笠金村. World Encyclopedia (in Japanese). Heibonsha. 1998. Retrieved 2019-03-21.