Background
Otomo no Momoyo lived in the 730th.
Otomo no Momoyo lived in the 730th.
When Tabito Otorno was Governor at Dazaifu (Kyushu), Momoyo was an official under Tabito. Later he was a senior secretary in the Military Affairs Office of the Court, Governor of Mimasaka (Okayama Prefecture) and Bungo (Oita Prefecture). Seventeen of his poems are contained in Manyoshu Anthology.