Otomo no Miyuki

Japanese: 大伴御行 - おおとものみゆき

Year of death: Taiho 1.1.15 (701.2.27)
Year of birth: Unknown
An official from the latter half of the 7th century. Son of the Minister of the Right, Nagatoku. Brother of Yasumaro. In the Jinshin War (672), he sided with Prince Oama (later Emperor Tenmu), and after the war he composed the poem, "As the great emperor sits as a god, he makes the fields where the red horses crawl, his capital." For his achievements in the Jinshin War, he was awarded a stipend of 100 households, and in 685, Emperor Tenmu bestowed him with robes and hakama. In 688, he gave a eulogy at the funeral of Emperor Tenmu. In 689, he was given an additional stipend of 80 households, and in 700, he was promoted to Shohiroshi, and was given an additional 200 households, becoming the head of the Otomo clan. In 700, he was promoted to Shohirosan due to his good governance, but died the following year. Emperor Mommu sent an envoy to his private residence and presented him with the title of Minister of the Right, Masahironi. During his lifetime, he had sent Mita no Oze to Tsushima to work on metallurgy and was rewarded for this, but it is said that this was a fraud by Oze. In addition, in 712, when his wife, Ki no Otome, was rewarded for her faithfulness, she was awarded the title of Minister of the Right, Junior Second Rank.

(Sato Makoto)

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Japanese:

没年：大宝1.1.15(701.2.27)
生年：生年不詳
7世紀後半ごろの官人。右大臣長徳の子。安麻呂の兄。壬申の乱(672)で大海人皇子(のちの天武天皇)方につき,乱後「大君は神にし坐せば赤駒の匍匐ふ田井を都となしつ」の歌を詠んだ。壬申の乱の功により食封100戸を受け,天武14(685)年には天武天皇から衣袴を賜った。持統2(688)年天武葬送の殯宮で誄した。5年食封80戸を加えられ,8年正広肆に叙し,さらに200戸を増封され,大伴氏の氏上となった。10年には大納言とみえ,資人80人を賜っている。文武4(700)年,善政により正広参に進んだが,翌年没した。文武天皇は私邸に詔使を遣わして正広弐右大臣を贈った。生前三田首五瀬を対馬に派遣し冶金をさせ賞されたが,これは五瀬の詐欺であったという。また和銅5(712)年妻の紀音那が貞節を賞されたとき,贈右大臣従二位とみえる。

(佐藤信)

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