Abe no Nakamaro
Abe no Nakamaro | |
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Abe no Nakamaro from Hyakunin Isshu | |
| Native name | 阿倍 仲麻呂 |
| Born | c. 698 Yamato Province, Yamato (now Japan) |
| Died | c. 770 Chang'an, Shaanxi Province, Imperial China |
| Occupation | Poet, Japanese scholar, politician |
| Language | Japanese |
| Period | Nara period |
| Genre | Waka |
| Notable works | Hyakunin Isshu (contributor) |
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Abe no Nakamaro (阿倍 仲麻呂; c. 698 – c. 770), also known by his Chinese name Chao Heng (Chinese: 晁衡, pronounced Chōkō in Japanese), was a Japanese scholar and waka poet of the Nara period. He served on a Japanese envoy to Tang China and later became the Tang duhu (protectorate governor) of Annan (modern Vietnam).