Ono no Oyu

Ono no Oyu (小野 老; died 738) was a Japanese bureaucrat and a poet. He served under Ōtomo no Tabito during the Dazaifu administration. He rose to the rank of Assistant Governor-General (daini).[1] Three of his tanka poems have been preserved in the Man'yōshū.

Tanka poem (Man'yōshū, 3:328):
Awoni yoshi
Nara no
Miyako ha
Sakuhana no
Nihofuga gotoku
Ima sakari nari

Translation:

In the beautiful green, here in the capital Nara, spring flowers are now in full bloom.

References

  1. ↑ The Manyōshū (PDF). New York: Columbia University Press. 1965. p. 464. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
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