Yamanoue-no-Okura's "Hien-ka" : A Song

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  • 歌謡としての山上憶良臣罷宴歌
  • カヨウ ト シテ ノ ヤマ ノウエ オクラ シンヒエンカ

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Long after written language was indroduced into Japanese, poems improvised at a party still retained an oral aspect. For example, Yamanoue-no-Okura's "Hien-ka" in Manyo-shu seems to be not so much written as spoken. Indeed, although it has been treated as a writing with the author's signature, the poem has a characteristic of a party song which was then popular. Comparing the style of "Hien-ka" with that of the party song, especially its peculiar suffix, here I will read the poem as a song.

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