Ō no Yasumaro
Ō no Yasumaro | |
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Portrait of Ō no Yasumaro by Kikuchi Yōsai (19th century) | |
| Born | Unknown |
| Died | 11 August 723 |
| Burial place | 451 Konosecho, Nara, 630-2177, Japan |
| Occupation(s) | bureaucrat, chronicler |
| Known for | Compiling the Kojiki |
| Notable work | Kojiki, Nihonshoki |
| Title | Junior Fourth Rank, Minbukyo (Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade), 5th Class Award |
| Father | Ō no Honji (多 品治) |
Ō no Yasumaro (太 安万侶, died August 15, 723) was a Japanese nobleman, bureaucrat, and chronicler. He may have been the son of Ō no Honji, a participant in the Jinshin War of 672.
He is most famous for compiling and editing, with the assistance of Hieda no Are, the Kojiki, the oldest extant Japanese history. Empress Genmei (r. 707-721) charged Yasumaro with the duty of writing the Kojiki in 711 using the differing clan chronicles and native myths. It was finished the following year and presented to Empress Genmei in 3 volumes in 712.