Asada Haruharu - Asada no Yoshun

Japanese: 麻田陽春 - あさだのようしゅん

Year of birth: Unknown
He was an official and a man of letters in the first half of the 8th century. His surname is also written as Asada. He was probably the son of Tono Haruhaji, a refugee from Baekje. He was originally called Tomoto, but in Jinki 1 (724) he was given the surname Asada no Muraji. At that time he was a Junior Eighth Rank Upper. In Tenpyo 3 (731) he was promoted to Junior Sixth Rank Upper, and in the 11th year of the same year he was promoted to Junior Fifth Rank Lower. He served as a daisen in Dazaifu (Dazaifu City) around the second or third year of Tenpyo, and left four poems in the Manyoshu, including a poem he composed as a farewell gift for Dazaifu Governor Otomo no Tabito when he came to Kyoto. In the Kaifu-mo, he included a five-character poem in harmony with a poem by Omi no Kami Fujiwara no Nakamaro, which states that he was Iwami no Kami with a Junior Fifth Rank Lower. Considering Nakamaro's tenure as Omi no Kami, this was probably between the 17th year of Tenpyo and the 8th year of Tenpyo Hoji (764). He died at the age of 56.

(Takao Imaizumi)

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

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
8世紀前半の官人,文人。氏は浅田とも記す。百済からの亡命者答〓春初の子であろう。はじめ答本と称したが,神亀1(724)年麻田連を賜姓。このとき正八位上。天平3(731)年に従六位上で,同11年外従五位下に昇る。天平2,3年ごろ大宰府(太宰府市)に大典として在任し,大宰府長官大伴旅人上京の際に餞として詠んだ歌など4首を『万葉集』にのこす。『懐風藻』に近江守藤原仲麻呂の詩に和した五言詩1首を載せ,それには外従五位下石見守とある。仲麻呂の近江守在任期間からみて,天平17年から天平宝字8(764)年にかけてのことであろう。56歳で没した。

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