Onoshi no Tamori

Onoshi no Tamori (小野氏淡理) was a Japanese noble and waka poet in the Nara period.

Biography The details of the life of Onoshi no Tamori are unknown. He was likely a member of the Ono clan. In Tenpyō 2 (730) he participated in a plum blossom-viewing party at the residence of Ōtomo no Tabito, then the governor (一大宰帥 ichi Dazai no sochi) of the Dazaifu.

Yūkichi Takeda's Man'yōshū Zenchūshaku (万葉集全註釈) speculates that he may have been the same person as the who served as ambassador (ja) to Parhae.

Poetry Poem 846 in the Man'yōshū is attributed to him.

Man'yōganaModern Japanese textReconstructed Old JapaneseModern JapaneseEnglish translation可須美多都 那我岐波流卑乎 可謝勢例杼 伊野那都可子岐 烏梅能波那可毛霞立つ 長き春日を かざせれど いやなつかしき 梅の花かもkasumi tatsu nagaki haruhi o kazaseredo iya natsukashiki ume no hana kamo