In poems NO. 199 - 202 of Book Two of Manyoshu (the oldest anthology of Japanese poetry), the longest in Manyoshu and spectacular Banka (Elegy) by KAKINOMOTO no Hitomaro for Prince Takechi was contained. |
万葉集巻第2の199~202番に柿本人麻呂作の高市皇子への、万葉集中最長の壮大な挽歌が収められている。 |