O no Yasumaro, who died on 15 August 723, was a Japanese nobleman, bureaucrat and chronicler, possibly the son of O no Honji, a participant in the Jinshin War of 672. He is most famous for compiling and editing the Kojiki, the oldest extant Japanese history, with the assistance of Hieda no Are. Empress Genmei, who reigned from 707 to 721, charged Yasumaro in 711 with writing the Kojiki from the differing clan chronicles and native myths, and he finished it the following year and presented it to her in three volumes in 712.
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Tomb of Ō no Yasumaro
The tomb of Otomo no Yasumaro is located in the Konose-cho neighborhood of the city of Nara.
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It is claimed in its preface to have been composed by Ō no Yasumaro
Works Attributed: Kojiki, Lead
It is claimed in its preface to have been composed by Ō no Yasumaro
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