Kadobe no Iwatari (門部石足) was a Japanese waka poet in the Nara period.

Biography

Little is known of the life of Kadobe no Iwatari. His kabane was Muraji.[1] In Tenpyō 1 (729) he was working as an official in Chikuzen.[1] The following year 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 Dazaifu.[1]

Poetry

Poems 568 and 845 in the Man'yōshū are attributed to him.[1]

Man'yōgana[2]Modern Japanese text[2]Reconstructed Old JapaneseModern JapaneseEnglish translation
宇具比須能
麻知迦弖尓勢斯
宇米我波奈
知良須阿利許曽
意母布故我多米
鴬の
待ちかてにせし
梅が花
散らずありこそ
思ふ子がため
uguisu no
machikate ni seshi
ume ga hana
chirazu ari koso
omou ko ga tame

See also

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Nakanishi 1985, p. 224.
  2. 1 2 University of Virginia 1999.

Works cited

  • 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.
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