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Abe no Hironiwa

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Abe no Hironiwa (安倍広庭, also written 阿倍広庭) was a Japanese waka and kanshi poet during the Nara period.

Biography

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Abe no Hironiwa was born in 659.[1] He was the son of Abe no Miushi [ja].[2]

In the first year of Jinki (724) he oversaw the funerary rites for Ishikawa no Ōnu-hime (石川大蕤比売).[3]

Hironiwa died in 732,[4] on the 22nd day of the second month.[5] At the time of his death he was 74 by Japanese reckoning.[6]

Poetry

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Two of his kanshi (poems in Classical Chinese) were included in the Kaifūsō,[6] and four of his waka (poetry in Classical Japanese) were included in the Man'yōshū.[6]

References

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Citations

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Works cited

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  • Imaizumi, Takao (1994). "Abe no Hironiwa" 阿倍広庭. Asahi Nihon Rekishi Jinbutsu Jiten (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun-sha. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  • Nakanishi, Susumu (1985). Man'yōshū Jiten (Man'yōshū zen'yakuchū genbun-tsuki bekkan) (paperback ed.). Tokyo: Kōdansha. ISBN 978-4-06-183651-8.
  • "Abe no Hironiwa" 阿倍広庭. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  • "Abe no Hironiwa" 阿倍広庭. World Encyclopedia (in Japanese). Heibonsha. 1998. Retrieved 2019-03-21.