Kasa no Asonmaro

…Years of birth and death unknown. Common name: Kasa no Ason Maro. He was praised for his achievements as the governor of Mino during the Wadō period, and opened the Kiso road. During the Yoro period, he was in charge of the three provinces of Owari, Mikawa, and Shinano as an inspector (azechi). He served as the right chief priest, and became a monk when the retired emperor Genmei fell ill. In 723 (Yorō 7), he served as the head priest of the Chikushi Kanzeon-ji temple, and traveled westward. He was associated with the Dazai no Sochi Otomo no Tabito and others. He left seven tanka poems rich in humanity in the Man'yōshū. …

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…生没年不詳。俗名笠朝臣麻呂。和銅年間美濃守として政績を賞せられ，また木曾道を開き，養老年間按察使（あぜち）として尾張･三河･信濃3国を管し，右大弁を経，元明上皇病臥に際して出家，723年(養老7)造筑紫観世音寺別当として西下，大宰帥大伴旅人らと交わり，人間味豊かな短歌7首を《万葉集》にとどめた。…

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