Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

Japanese poet

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (柿本 人麻呂／人麿; Japanese pronunciation: [ka.kʲi.noꜜ.mo.to no (|) çi̥.to.ma.ɾo], c. 653–655 – c. 707–710) was a Japanese waka poet and aristocrat of the late Asuka period. He was the most prominent of the poets included in the Man'yōshū, the oldest waka anthology, but apart from what can be gleaned from hints in the Man'yōshū, the details of his life are largely uncertain. He was born to the Kakinomoto clan, based in Yamato Province (modern Nara prefecture), probably in the 650s, and likely died in Iwami Province (modern Shimane prefecture) around 709.

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