Omina no Chichihaha explained

Omina no Chichihaha (女之父母) is a description used in the Man'yōshū, a classical Japanese waka anthology, for the authors of poem 3815 contained therein. The "name" translates to "the woman's father and mother", and their poem was a reply to the young man who wrote 3814, requesting the hand of their recently divorced daughter in marriage. They wrote to him that, unfortunately, their daughter had already left to marry someone else.

has compared the anecdote recounted by these two poems and the surrounding notes) to chapter 24 of the Tales of Ise.

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. . Man'yōshū Zenka Kōgi (Kan Dai-jūgo, Kan Dai-jūroku) . ja:萬葉集全歌講義(巻第十五、巻第十六) . Japanese . 2012 . 8 . Tokyo . . Man'yōshū Zenka Kōgi .

. Susumu Nakanishi . 1985 . Man'yōshū Jiten (Man'yōshū zen'yakuchū genbun-tsuki bekkan) . . Tokyo . paperback . 978-4-06-183651-8 .

. . Wakan Hikaku Ronkō . ja:和漢比較文学論考 . Ise Monogatari no Seiritsu to Man'yōshū . ja:『伊勢物語』の成立と『万葉集』 . 36–44 . Japanese . 2000 . Tokyo . . Wakan Hikaku Ronkō . https://shizuoka.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=8731&file_id=31&file_no=1 .