Yamabe no Akahito (700-736 AD)
Yamabe no Akahito was a poet of the Nara period in Japan. The Man’yōshū, an ancient anthology, contains 13 chōka and 37 tanka of his. Many of his poems were composed during journeys with Emperor Shōmu between 724 and 736. (Yamabe no Akahito Quotes)
“From the morrow would I pick new herbs But in my marked out fields Both yesterday and today The snow has kept on falling.”
Yamabe no Akahito
“Off the beach at Waka With the rising tide the sandbanks vanish Plunging to the reed beds the cranes fly over, calling.”
Yamabe no Akahito
“On Misago Beach there grows Sargasso weed- I’ll hold fast to your name though your parents know!”
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“On the islands off the coast, the jewelled weeds on their rocky shores With the rising tide Is slowly hidden, then How will we recall them?”
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“Since olden times on these ancient banks with the passing of the years By the pool water’s edge Thickly grew the waterweed.”
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“The autumn wind Blows chill this morn on the hill of Sanu Where you should be passing: My garb I’d lend you, if I could.”
Yamabe no Akahito
“The sturdy men Leave for the hunt; The maidens Trail the hems of scarlet skirts Across the clean swept beach”
Yamabe no Akahito
“When I went out In the Spring meadows to gather violets, I enjoyed myself So much that I stayed all night.”
Yamabe no Akahito
“When lily-seed dark Night has fallen, By the red-oak growing Along the clear river’s edge The plovers constantly call.”
Yamabe no Akahito
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