Oono Yasumaro

He is recorded as Yasumaro in the Kojiki and the inscription on his tombstone. He was the son of Homuji, a meritorious retainer in the Jinshin War. In 704 (Keion 1), he was promoted to Junior Fifth Rank, and in 711 (Wado 4), he was promoted to Senior Fifth Rank. In September of the same year, he was ordered by Empress Genmei to write down the Imperial Edicts of Hieda no Are that he was to recite, and presented them in the New Year the following year. This is the Kojiki (3 volumes). The preface to the Kōnin Shiki states that he was one of the editors of the Nihon Shoki, but this is not certain. In 715 (Reiki 1), he was promoted to Junior Fourth Rank, and the following year he became Uji no Kami (Uji no Kami). He died on July 7, the 7th year of the Yoro era (July 6 according to the tombstone). He was a Minister of Civil Affairs with the rank of Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade, and the Order of the Fifth Class. In 1979 (Showa 54), Yasumaro's grave was discovered in a tea field in Konose Town, Nara City, and a tombstone was excavated.

[Hiromichi Mayuzumi]

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『古事記』や「墓誌銘」に安万侶と記す。壬申(じんしん)の乱の功臣品治(ほむじ)の子。704年（慶雲1）従(じゅ)五位下、711年（和銅4）正五位上、同年9月元明(げんめい)女帝の命により稗田阿礼(ひえだのあれ)の誦習(しょうしゅう)する勅語旧辞(ちょくごのくじ)を筆録し、翌年正月献上。これが『古事記』（3巻）である。『弘仁(こうにん)私記』序に『日本書紀』編者の一人とあるが確かでない。715年（霊亀1）従四位下、翌年氏長(うじのかみ)（氏上）となる。養老(ようろう)7年7月7日没（墓誌では7月6日没）。ときに従四位下勲五等民部卿(みんぶきょう)。1979年（昭和54）奈良市此瀬(このせ)町の茶畑から安麻呂の墓が発見され、墓誌が出土した。

［黛　弘道］

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