Ki no Maetsukimi (紀 卿) was a Japanese noble and waka poet in the Nara period.

Biography

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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

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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

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References

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Citations

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Works cited

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  • 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.