Otomo no Inakimi - Otomo no Inakimi

Japanese: 大伴稲公 - おおとものいなきみ

Years of birth: Years of birth and death unknown. An official in the Nara period. Half-brother of Otomo no Tabito. Also known as Inakimi. In 730, as Uhyōgo no Suke, when Tabito, the governor of Dazaifu (Dazaifu City), fell ill, he went down to Dazaifu with Otomo no Komaro to receive his will entrusting his future affairs to him. Later he became a captain of the Emon clan, composed a poem about Mikasayama, and was reconciled by Otomo no Yakamochi (Man'yoshu, Volume 8). He also wrote a love poem for Otomo no Tamura no Taijo, which is said to have been written by his sister, Sakanoue no Iratsume (Volume 4 of the same collection). In 749, he was promoted to Junior Fifth Rank and appointed as Hyobu no Taifu. In 754, he was appointed as Ukyo no Shichi on the day of the consecration of the Great Buddha. In 76, he was promoted to Kazusa no Kami. During the Tachibana Naramaro Incident (757), he was praised by the Otomo clan in a rare move and promoted to Junior Fourth Rank. The following year, as Yamatonokami, he submitted a memorial in which he inscribed 16 characters that had been carved by an insect into the roots of a wisteria tree at Kamiyama in Yamato County, which praised the powerful Fujiwara no Nakamaro of the time.

(Sato Makoto)

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

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
奈良時代の官人。大伴旅人の異母弟。稲君とも。天平2(730)年右兵庫助で,大宰府(太宰府市)の長官旅人が一時病を得たとき,後事を託す遺言を受けるため大伴古麻呂と共に大宰府に下った。のち衛門大尉となり,三笠山を歌に詠み,大伴家持が和している(『万葉集』巻8)。また姉の坂上郎女作と註される大伴田村大嬢への相聞歌もある(同巻4)。天平13年従五位下で因幡守。天平勝宝1(749)年正五位下となり兵部大輔に任じた。4年大仏開眼の日に鎮裏右京使となった。6年上総守。橘奈良麻呂の変(757)では大伴氏には珍しく賞され従四位下に昇叙。翌年大和守として城下郡大和神山の藤の根に虫が彫ったという16文字を上奏したが,これは時の権力者藤原仲麻呂を称揚する内容であった。

(佐藤信)

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