Sword Proclamation - Tori no Senryo

Japanese: 刀利宣令 - とりのせんりょう

Year of birth: Unknown
He was a government official and man of letters from the late 7th century to the early 8th century, and a Man'yo poet. His surname can also be written as Dori or Tori. He was from a clan of immigrants, and it seems he entered the government after studying at Daigakuryo, and his exam for civil service in 711 is included in the Keikokushu. He spent his life as a low-ranking government official, but he seems to have excelled in literature, and in 721, he was ordered by imperial decree to serve the Crown Prince (later Emperor Shomu) and be his companion after the completion of his official duties. Two poems each are included in the Kaifuso and Man'yoshu. He was also on friendly terms with Prince Nagaya. He died at the age of 59 during the Jinki era (724-29). At the time he was a Jorokui Jo (upper sixth rank) and Iyo no Jō.

(Haruyuki Higashino)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
7世紀末から8世紀前半の官人,文人。万葉歌人。姓は土理,刀理とも書く。渡来系氏族の出身で,大学寮で学んだのち官界に入ったらしく,官吏登用試験に応じた和銅4(711)年の対策文が『経国集』に収められている。生涯を下級の官人として送ったが,文学の才に秀でていたようで,養老5(721)年には,詔により公務の終了後,東宮(のちの聖武天皇)に仕えて,その相手となるよう命じられた。『懐風藻』『万葉集』に詩歌各2首が残っている。長屋王とも親交があった。神亀年間(724～29)に59歳で死去した。ときに正六位上,伊予掾であった。

(東野治之)

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