Abe no Nakamaro (阿倍仲麻呂, abe(no) nakamaro, c. For other uses, see number 700. Events The copper deposits of south Katanga are mined and traded by the Bantu. Saint Adamnan convinces 51 kings to adopt Cáin Adomnáin defining the relationship between women and priests. Births Deaths Cunincpert, king of the Lombards Saint Osyth Categories: 700 ... 700–c. Events Emperor Konin ascends to the throne of Japan, succeeding Empress Shotoku. Hedeby is founded. Telerig becomes king of Bulgaria, ending a period of anarchy. Births Einhard, biographer of Charlemagne (approximate date) Egbert of Wessex Deaths Empress Koken of Japan = Empress Shotoku Du Fu, Chinese poet Categories: 770 ... 770) was a scholar, administrator, and See Waka (disambiguation) for other usages. Waka (和歌) or Yamato uta is a genre of Japanese poetry. Waka literally means Japanese poem in Japanese. The word was originally coined to differentiate native poetry from the kanshi (Chinese poems) that all educated Japanese people were also familiar with. For this... waka poet in the History of Japan Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period ---Kofun period ---Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period Muromachi period Azuchi-Momoyama period ---Nanban period Edo period Meiji period Taisho period Showa period ---Japanese expansionism ---Occupied Japan ---Post-Occupation Japan Heisei The Nara Period (奈良時代) of the... Nara period. Little is documented about his life except that he went to China in Events March 25 - Leo III usurps the throne of Byzantium August 15 - Muslama begins the Second Arab siege of Constantinople. The siege lasts for three months. December 24 - An Syria, and destroys the Old Church of Edessa. Umayyad caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al_Malik succeeded by Umar ibn Abd al_Aziz For... 717 and remained there until his death. In China he passed the civil-service examination and rose to the position of Governor-General, a post he held for six years until For the aircraft, see Boeing 767. Events A period of anarchy begins in Bulgaria. Constantine II is antipope. Births Deaths June 28 - Pope Paul I October 15 - Constantine II, Patriarch of Constantinople (executed) Abu Hanifa, jurist. Categories: 767 ... 767. Of his literary work he is famous for a poem filled with intense longing for his home in Nara can refer to: The city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan The Nara Period of the History of Japan Nara prefecture, part of the Kansai region of central Honshu, Japan Nara is a major Manchu clan. The Hūlun Four States (Hada, Ula, Hoifa, Yehe) were ruled by this... Nara.

天原ふりさけ見れば春日なるみかさの山に出し月かも。
ama-no-hara furisake mireba kasuga naru mikasa no yama ni ideshi tsuki kamo.
loosely: On the horizon—isn't that the same moon that rises in spring over the Hill of Mikasa?

— Kokin (waka)shu (古今(和歌)集 kokin (waka)shū, collection of ancient and modern poems) is an early Heian waka anthology, conceived by Emperor Uda (r. 887-897) and ordered by his son Emperor Daigo (r 897-930) in 905. Its finished form dates to c. 920... Kokin Wakashū 9:406

Other notable poets of this period to write such homesick poems include Yamanoue Okura, though he, unlike Nakamaro, did return to Japan.