Ohara Imajo - Ohara no Imajo

Japanese: 大原今城 - おおはらのいまき

Years of birth: Dates of birth and death unknown. A bureaucrat from a clan of the Emperor during the Nara period. A poet. His surname was Masato. He was originally called Imashiro no O. He was the son of Prince Hozumi and Otomo no Sakanoue no Jorou. In 739, he was given the clan name Ohara no Masato along with Prince Takayasu and others. In the same year, he was appointed as Hyobu no Shojo Shoshichi no Ge, and in 757, he was appointed as Jibu no Shoyu (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade). In 763, he was appointed as Sashoben (Left Junior Bench), but it seems that he was implicated in the Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion and lost his official rank. In 771, he was restored to Jugo no Ge and became Hyobu no Shoyu (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade), and the following year, he was appointed as Suruga no Kami, which is the end of his official career as seen in historical documents. He left behind 18 poems in the Manyoshu, and is known to have been on friendly terms with Otomo no Yakamochi.

(Kano Hisashi)

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

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
奈良時代の皇別氏族出身の官僚。歌人。姓は真人。もと今城王といった。穂積皇子と大伴坂上女郎の子。天平11(739)年高安王らと共に大原真人の氏姓を与えられた。同20年兵部少丞正七位下などを経て,天平勝宝9(757)年,従五位下,治部少輔。天平宝字7(763)年左少弁に任じられたが,藤原仲麻呂の乱に連座して官職位階を奪われたらしい。宝亀2(771)年従五位下に復し兵部少輔になり,翌年駿河守に任じられたとあるのが史料にみえる官歴の最後である。『万葉集』に18首の歌を残し,大伴家持と親交のあったことが知られる。

(狩野久)

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