Sami Mansei
Sami Mansei, was a Japanese Buddhist priest and poet. Little is known of his life except that his secular name was Kasa no Ason Maro. While serving at a temple in the north of Kyūshū, he was a member of Ōtomo no Tabito's literary coterie.
Sami Mansei
- Born
- 650
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- poet · buddhist monk
- Languages
- Japanese
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Sami Mansei, was a Japanese Buddhist priest and poet. Little is known of his life except that his secular name was Kasa no Ason Maro. While serving at a temple in the north of Kyūshū, he was a member of Ōtomo no Tabito's literary coterie.
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His few surviving pieces are collected in the Man'yōshū. Mansei is famous for the following waka poem from the Manyoshu: Yononaka-wo Nani-ni Tatohemu Asa-biraki Kogi-inishi Fune-no Ato-naki-gotoshi which means All are to disappear, just as the morning boat wake does.
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