Saeki no Akamaro explained

Saeki no Akamaro (佐伯赤麻呂) was a Japanese waka poet of the Nara period.

Biography

His birth and death dates are unknown, as are all details of his life. His kabane was Sukune.

One theory holds that he was the same person as the more famous .

Poetry

Several of his poems survive in the Man'yōshū, specifically in two poetic exchanges he had with his daughter (who is unnamed), in which his poems are those numbered 405 and 628. One other tanka of his was included in the collection, as number 630. He is considered a poet of the "fourth period" of the Man'yōshū.

Cited works

• Encyclopedia: Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus . Saeki no Akamaro . japanese . ja:佐伯赤麻呂 . 2015 . . 2018-02-24 . .
• Encyclopedia: Taira . Toshikatsu . Toshikatsu Taira . Inukai . Kiyoshi . Kiyoshi Inukai . Inoue . Muneo . Muneo Inoue . Ōkubo . Tadashi . Tadashi Ōkubo . Ono . Hiroshi . Hiroshi Ono (scholar) . Tanaka . Yutaka . Yutaka Tanaka (scholar) . Hashimoto . Fumio . Fumio Hashimoto . Fujihira . Haruo . Haruo Fujihira . Waka Daijiten . Akamaro. --> . Japanese. --> . 1986 . Meiji Shoin. --> . Tokyo. --> . 4-625-40029-5. --> . 6. --> .

Further reading

• Book: Hashimoto , Shirō . 幇間歌人佐伯赤麻呂 . Sakaida . Shirō . 1974 . 境田教授喜寿記念論文集 . Osaka . 境田教授喜寿記念論文集刊行会 . Shirō Hashimoto . Shirō Sakaida .