About Yamabe no Akahito
700 - 740/JapaneseLittle is known of Yamabe no Akahito other than what we can gain from his fifty poems in the Manyoshu. His thirteen Nagauta poems and thirty-seven Tanka poems were all written between 724 and 737 AD. From these we can see Akahito served as a court poe
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the mists rise over
The mists rise overThe waters at Asuka;
The autumn wind
The autumn windBlows chill this morn
To the fields in springtime
To the fields in springtimePicking violets
All-knowing, (the eternal palace)
All-knowing,My great lord:
From the bay at Tago
From the bay at TagoI see, when gazing out,
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Who is Yamabe no Akahito?
700 - 740/JapaneseLittle is known of Yamabe no Akahito other than what we can gain from his fifty poems in the Manyoshu. His thirteen Nagauta poems and thirty-seven Tanka poems were all written between 724 and 737 AD.
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Poems & Stories by Yamabe no Akahito
the mists rise over
The mists rise overThe waters at Asuka;
The autumn wind
The autumn windBlows chill this morn
To the fields in springtime
To the fields in springtimePicking violets
All-knowing, (the eternal palace)
All-knowing,My great lord:
From the bay at Tago
From the bay at TagoI see, when gazing out,
At my house
At my houseI sowed and nurtured cockscomb
To my good friend
To my good friendWould I show, I thought,
From the morrow
From the morrowWould I pick new herbs
Selected Quotes by Yamabe no Akahito (चुनिंदा उद्धरण)
All-knowing,My great lord:
The autumn windBlows chill this morn
At my houseI sowed and nurtured cockscomb
From the morrowWould I pick new herbs
The mists rise overThe waters at Asuka;
To the fields in springtimePicking violets
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