# List of Man'yōshū poets

The Man'yōshū is an anthology of Japanese waka poetry. It was compiled in the eighth century (during Japan's Nara period), likely in a number of stages by several people, with the final touches likely being made by Ōtomo no Yakamochi, the poet whose work is most prominently featured in the anthology. The Man'yōshū is the oldest anthology of poetry in classical Japanese, as well as the largest, This is WP:BLUE, but a citation would be nice; I'm looking for somewhere in Keene or Nakanishi where they directly say as much. Hijiri88, December 30, 2018. with over 4,500 poems included, and is widely regarded as the finest. The collection is distinguished from later anthologies of classical Japanese poetry not only by its size but by its variety of poetic forms, as it includes not only the 5-7-5-7-7 tanka form, which by the time of the Kokin Wakashū had become ubiquitous, but also the longer chōka form (which included an indefinite number of 5-7 verses and ended with 5-7-7), the 5-7-7-5-7-7 sedōka and the 5-7-5-7-7-7 bussokusekika. The poets also came from a wide variety of social classes, from members of the imperial family and courtiers to frontier guards and commoners in the eastern provinces (ja), while later anthologies would be limited to works composed by those of the upper classes.
The vast majority of the poems of the Man'yōshū were composed over a period of roughly a century, with scholars dividing them into four "periods". Princess Nukata's poetry is included in that of the first period (645–672), while the second period (673–701) is represented by the poetry of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, generally regarded as the greatest of Man'yōshū poets and one of the most important poets in Japanese history. The third period (702–729) includes the poems of Takechi no Kurohito, whom Donald Keene called "[t]he only new poet of importance" of the early part of this period, when Fujiwara no Fuhito promoted the composition of kanshi (poetry in classical Chinese). Other "third period" poets include: Yamabe no Akahito, a poet who was once paired with Hitomaro but whose reputation has suffered in modern times; Takahashi no Mushimaro, one of the last great chōka poets, who recorded a number of Japanese legends such as that of Ura no Shimako; and Kasa no Kanamura, a high-ranking courtier who also composed chōka but not as well as Hitomaro or Mushimaro. But the most prominent and important poets of the third period were Ōtomo no Tabito, Yakamochi's father and the head of a poetic circle in the Dazaifu, and Tabito's friend Yamanoue no Okura, possibly an immigrant from the Korean kingdom of Paekche, whose poetry is highly idiosyncratic in both its language and subject matter and has been highly praised in modern times. Yakamochi himself was a poet of the fourth period (730–759), and according to Keene he "dominated" this period. He composed the last dated poem of the anthology in 759.
Numbers given in the following list are those used in the Kokka Taikan (KKTK). The Japanese text follows Susumu Nakanishi's Man'yōshū Jiten and includes the poets' kabane where applicable, with italic romanizations included where the Japanese text differs from the proper names at the start of each entry. Italicized numbers indicate traditional attribution given as such in the Man'yōshū itself. (Man'yōshū poems that were attributed to these poets by later works are not listed.) "Poet" names in parentheses indicate that the name is not that of a human poet but that of an earlier collection from which the Man'yōshū took the poems; such works are listed separately, immediately below the entry on the poet with whom they are associated, following Nakanishi. Square brackets indicate poems' numbers according to the Kan'ei-bon text of the Man'yōshū, rather than the KKTK. "Anonymous" poems such as those attributed to "a man" or "a girl" are included when Nakanishi lists them under those "names".

## List

Man'yōshū poets :
| Name | Name (Japanese) | Japanese name reading (where applicable) | Poems (KKTK number) | Notes |
| Abe no Hironiwa | 安倍朝臣広庭 | Abe no Asomi Hironiwa | 302, 370, 975, 1423 | |
| Abe no Iratsume | 阿倍女郎 | | 269, 505–506, 514, 516 | |
| Abe no Kooji | 安倍朝臣子祖父 | Abe no Asomi Ko-oji | 3838–3839 | |
| Abe no Maetsukimi | 阿倍大夫 | | 1772 | May have been the same person as Hironiwa. |
| Abe no Mushimaro | 安倍朝臣虫麿 | Abe no Asomi Mushimaro | 665, 672, 980, 1577–1578, 1650 | |
| Abe no Okimichi | 安倍朝臣奥道 | Abe no Asomi Okimichi | 1642 | |
| Abe no Okina | 阿倍朝臣老人 | Abe no Asomi Okina | 4247 | |
| Abe no Samimaro | 安倍朝臣沙弥麿 or 阿倍朝臣佐美麻呂 | Abe no Asomi Samimaro | 4433 | |
| Abe no Toyotsugu | 安倍朝臣豊継 | Abe no Asomi Toyotsugu | 1002 | |
| Abe no Tsugimaro | 阿倍朝臣継麿 | Abe no Asomi Tsugimaro | 3656, 3668, 3700, 3706, 3708 | |
| Agata no Inukai no Hitogami | 県犬養宿禰人上 | Agata no Inukai no Sukune Hitogami | 459 | Also read Agata no Inukai no Hitokami. |
| Agata no Inukai no Michiyo | 県犬養橘宿禰三千代 | Agata no Inukai no Tachibana no Sukune Michiyo | 4235 | According to the Shinsen Shōjiroku and Sonpi Bunmyaku, she was the daughter of Azumahito (東人). She was also the mother of Prince Katsuragi (葛城王, later Tachibana no Moroe), Prince Sai (佐為王, later Tachibana no Sai [ja], Princess Muro [ja] and Empress Kōmyō.) |
| Agata no Inukai no Mochio | 県犬養宿禰持男 | Agata no Inukai no Sukune Mochio | 1586 | Possibly the younger brother of Yoshio, based on the ordering of their poems. Possibly also connected to Ōtomo no Fumimochi in some way. |
| Agata no Inukai no Otome | 県犬養娘子 | | 1586 | Based on the placement of her poem, she apparently had some interaction with Ōtomo no Sakanoe no Iratsume. |
| Agata no Inukai no Yoshio | 県犬養宿禰吉男 | Agata no Inukai no Sukune Yoshio | 1585 | Family name Agata no Inukai also written 県犬甘 in the Shōsōin texts. |
| Prince Aki | 安貴王 | Aki-no-ōkimi | 306, 534–535, 1555 | |
| Aki no Osa no Obitomaro | 商長首麿 | | 4344 | |
| Ama | 尼 | | 1635 | |
| Ama no Inukai no Okamaro | 海犬養宿禰岡麿 | Ama no Inukai no Sukune Okamaro | 996 | |
| Amu no Kimimorotachi | 奄君諸立 | | 1483 | |
| Prince Arima | 有間皇子 | Arima-no-miko | 141–142 | |
| Asada no Yasu | 麻田連陽春 | Asada no Muraji Yasu | 569–570, 884–885 | |
| Asakura no Masuhito | 朝倉益人 | | 4405 | |
| Ashi no Okishima | 阿氏奥島 | | 824 | Also read A-uji no Okishima. |
| Prince Asukabe | 安宿王 | Asukabe-no-ōkimi | 4301, 4451 | |
| Asukabe no Kiminatomaro | 安宿公奈登麿 | | 4472 | |
| Ato no Tobira no Otome | 安都扉娘子 | | 710 | |
| Ato no Toshitari | 安都宿禰年足 | Ato no Sukune Toshitari | 663 | |
| Prince Atsumi | 厚見王 | Atsumi-no-ōkimi | 668, 1435, 1458 | |
| Princess Awata | 粟田女王 | Awata-no-ōkimi | 4060 | |
| Awata no Daibu | 粟田大夫 | | 817 | |
| Awata Me no Otome | 粟田女娘子 | | 707–708 | |
| Aya no Umakai | 文忌寸馬養 | Aya no Imiki Umakai | 1579–1580 | |
| Prince Chinu | 智奴王 | Chinu-no-ōkimi | 4275 | |
| Chōshi no Fukushi | 張氏福子 | | 829 | |
| Denshi no Makami | 田氏真上 | | 839 | |
| Denshi no Umahito | 田氏肥人 | | 834 | |
| E no Tami | 伇民 | | 50 | |
| Egyō | 恵行 | | 4204 | |
| Endachi | 縁達師 | Endachi-hōshi | 1538 | |
| Prince Enoi | 榎井王 | Enoi-no-ōkimi | 1015 | |
| Fujii no Muraji | 藤井連 | | 1779 | |
| Fujii no Hironari | 葛井連広成 | Fujii no Muraji Hironari | 962 | |
| Fujii no Kooyu | 葛井連子老 | Fujii no Muraji Kooyu | 3691–3693 | |
| Fujii no Moroai | 葛井連諸会 | Fujii no Muraji Moroai | 3925 | |
| Fujii no Ōnari | 葛井連大成 | Fujii no Muraji Ōnari | 576, 820, 1003 | |
| Fujiwara no Bunin (i) | 藤原夫人 | | 104, 1465 | Literally "a lady of Fujiwara", apparently a different person from (ii) below. Daughter of Kamatari, consort of Emperor Tenmu, and younger sister of Hikami no Iratsume. |
| Fujiwara no Bunin (ii) | 藤原夫人 | | 4479 | Literally "a lady of Fujiwara", apparently a different person from (i) above. Real name 氷上娘 Hikami no Iratsume. Daughter of Kamatari, consort of Emperor Tenmu. |
| Fujiwara no Fusasaki | 藤原朝臣房前 | Fujiwara no Asomi Fusasaki | 812 | |
| Fujiwara no Hirotsugu | 藤原朝臣広嗣 | Fujiwara no Asomi Hirotsugu | 1456 | |
| Fujiwara no Iratsume | 藤原郎女 | | 766 | |
| Fujiwara no Kamatari | 藤原朝臣鎌足 | Fujiwara no Asomi Kamatari | 94, 95 | |
| Fujiwara no Kiyokawa | 藤原朝臣清河 | Fujiwara no Asomi Kiyokawa | 4241, 4244 | |
| Fujiwara no Kusumaro | 藤原朝臣久須麿 | Fujiwara no Asomi Kusumaro | 791–792 | |
| Fujiwara no Maetsukimi | 藤原卿 | | 1218–1222, 1194–1195 | Literally "the Fujiwara minister"; not a name but a title used in various places in the collection, sometimes clearly referring to Kamatari or Nakamaro, but in two spots uncertain, possibly referring to either Fusasaki or Maro, or to another unknown individual. |
| Fujiwara no Maro | 藤原朝臣麿 | Fujiwara no Asomi Maro | 522–524 | |
| Fujiwara no Nagate | 藤原朝臣永手 | Fujiwara no Asomi Nagate | 4277 | |
| Fujiwara no Nakamaro | 藤原朝臣仲麿 | Fujiwara no Asomi Nakamaro | 4242, 4487 | |
| Fujiwara no Toriyumi | 藤原朝臣執弓 | Fujiwara no Asomi Toriyumi | 4482 | |
| Fujiwara no Umakai | 藤原朝臣宇合 | Fujiwara no Asomi Umakai | 72, 312, 1535, 1729–1731 | |
| Fujiwara no Yatsuka | 藤原朝臣八束 | Fujiwara no Asomi Yatsuka | 398–399, 987, 1547, 1570–1571, 4271, 4276 | |
| Fujiwarabe no Tomomaro | 藤原部等母麿 | | 4423 | |
| Fuki no Toji | 吹芡刀自 | Possibly also read Fubuki no Toji; the Genryaku-bon (元暦本) has 吹黄 read as Fuki, with 吹芡 coming from the Kanazawa-bon and others | 22, 490–491 | Toji is not a name but refers to the mother of a particular household. |
| Prince Funa | 船王 | Funa-no-ōkimi | 998, 4257, 4279, 4449 | |
| Prince Funado | 道祖王 | Funado-no-ōkimi | 4284 | |
| Furu no Tamuke | 振田向宿禰 | Furu no Tamuke no Sukune | 1766 | |
| Gannin | 元仁 | | 1720–1722 | |
| Empress Genmei | 元明天皇 | Genmei-tennō | 35, 76, possibly 78 | |
| Empress Genshō | 元正天皇 | Genshō-tennō | [973–974, 1009,] 1637, 4057–4058, 4293, 4437 | |
| Gishi no Norimaro | 礒氏法麿 | | 836 | |
| Go no Dan'otsu no Tsuma | 碁檀越妻 | | 500 | |
| Goshi | 碁師 | | 1732–1733 | |
| Gunshi ga Me | 郡司妻女 | | 4440–4441 | |
| Hada no Koemaro | 秦許遍麿 | | 1589 | |
| Hada no Mamaro | 秦間満 | Also read Hada no Hashimaro | 3589 | |
| Hada no Tamaro | 秦田麿 | | 3681 | |
| Hada no Yachishima | 秦忌寸八千島 | Hada no Imiki Yachishima | 3951, 3956 | |
| Haha | 親母 | | 1790–1791 | Literally "mother"; real name unknown, the mother of a diplomat sent on the Tenpyō 5 [733] mission to Tang China. |
| Hakuri | 羽栗 | | 3640 | A diplomat sent to Silla in Tenpyō 8 (736) |
| Hakutsū-hōshi | 博通法師 | | 307–309 | |
| Hanishi | 土師 | | 4047, 4067 | |
| Hanishi no Inatari | 土師稲足 | | 3660 | A diplomat sent to Silla in 736. |
| Hanishi no Michiyoshi | 土師宿禰道良 | Hanishi no Sukune Michiyoshi | 3955 | |
| Hanishi no Mimichi | 土師宿禰水道, 土師乃志婢麿, 土師氏御道 or 土師宿禰水通 | Hanishi no Sukune Mimichi | 557–558, 843, 3844 | Courtesy name Shibimaro (志婢麿). One of the guests at the Tenpyō 2 (730) plum blossom viewing at the residence of Ōtomo no Tabito in the Dazaifu. |
| Hanshi no Yasumaro | 板氏安麿 | | 831 | One of the guests at the 730 plum blossom viewing at the residence of Ōtomo no Tabito in the Dazaifu. He is claimed in the MYS text to have been governor of Iki Province (壱岐守 Iki no Kami) at some point. Old commentaries call him Itamochi no Muraji Yasumaro (板持連安麿). |
| Harima no Otome | 播磨娘子 | | 1776–1777 | A young woman from Harima Province (the literal meaning of "Harima no Otome"), possibly a courtesan or prostitute. |
| Hasetsukabe no Hitomaro | 丈部造人麿 | Hasetsukabe no Miyatsuko Hitomaro | 4328 | |
| Hasetsukabe no Inamaro | 丈部稲麿 | | 4346 | |
| Hasetsukabe no Kawai | 丈部川相 | | 4324 | |
| Hasetsukabe no Kuromasa | 丈部黒当 | | 4325 | |
| Hasetsukabe no Mamaro | 丈部真麿 | | 4323 | |
| Hasetsukabe no Ōmaro | 丈部直大麿 | Hasetsukabe no Atai Ōmaro | 4389 | |
| Hasetsukabe no Tarihito | 丈部足人 | | 4383 | |
| Hasetsukabe no Tori | 丈部鳥 | | 4352 | |
| Hasetsukabe no Tarimaro | 丈部足麿 | | 4341 | |
| Hasetsukabe no Yamashiro | 丈部山代 | | 4355 | |
| Hasetsukabe no Yoromaro | 丈部与呂麿 | | 4354 | |
| Hashihito no Ōura | 間人宿禰大浦 | Hashihito no Sukune Ōura | 289–290, 1763 | |
| Hashihito no Oyu | 間人連老 | Hashihito no Muraji Oyu | 3–4 | |
| Hashihito no Sukune | 間人宿禰 | | 1685–1686 | Possibly the same person as Ōura. |
| Hata no Otari | 波多朝臣小足 | Hata no Asomi Otari | 315 | |
| Hatoribe no Asame | 服部呰女 | | 4422 | |
| Hatoribe no Ueda | 服部於田 | | 4421 | |
| Heguri no Asomi | 平群朝臣 | | 3842 | |
| Heguri no Fun'ya no Masuhito | 平群文屋朝臣益人 | Heguri no Fun'ya no Asomi Masuhito | 3098 | |
| Heguri-uji no Iratsume | 平群氏女郎 | | 3931–3942; 12 poems in total, all tanka | |
| Heki no Nagae no Otome | 日置長枝娘子 | | 1564 | |
| Heki no Ooyu | 日置少老 | | 354 | |
| Princess Hinokuma | 檜隈女王 | Hinokuma-no-ōkimi | 202 | |
| Princess Hirokawa | 広河女王 | Hirokawa-no-ōkimi | 694–695 | |
| Prince Hirose | 広瀬王 | Hirose-no-ōkimi | 1468 | |
| Hitachi no Otome | 常陸娘子 | | 521 | A young woman from Hitachi Province (the literal meaning of "Hitachi no Otome"). Possibly a courtesan or prostitute. |
| Hito | 人 | | 23 | Literally "a person", this was an anonymous poet who recited old tales and legends. |
| Hokaibito | 食乞者 | | 3885, 3886 | |
| Hōshi (i) | 僧 | | 3847 | Literally "a monk"; a different person from (ii) below. |
| Hōshi (ii) | 僧 | | 1018 | A priest of Gangō-ji, and a different person from (i) above. |
| Prince Hozumi | 穂積皇子 | Hozumi-no-miko | 203, 1513–1514, 3816 | |
| Hozumi no Asomi | 穂積朝臣 | | 3843 | Possibly the same person as Oyu. |
| Hozumi no Oyu | 穂積朝臣老 | Hozumi no Asomi Oyu | 288, 3241 | |
| Prince Ichihara | 市原王 | Ichihara-no-ōkimi | 412, 662, 988, 1007, 1042, 1546, 1551, 4500 | |
| Ihomaro | 伊保麻呂 | | 1735 | |
| Prince Ikebe | 池辺王 | Ikebe-no-ōkimi | 623 | |
| Ikeda no Asomi | 池田朝臣 | | 3840 | |
| Prince Ikusa | 軍王 | Ikusa-no-ōkimi | 5–6 | |
| Ikutamabe no Tarikuni | 生玉部足国 | | 4326 | |
| Imamatsuribe no Yosofu | 今奉部与曽布 | | 4373 | |
| Imube no Kuromaro | 忌部首黒麿 | Imube no Obito Kuromaro | 1008, 1556, 1647, 3848 | |
| Imube no Obito | 忌部首 | | 3832 | |
| Prince Inoue | 井上王 | Inoue-no-ōkimi | 19 | |
| Ishikawa no Bunin | 石川夫人 | | 154 | |
| Ishikawa no Hironari | 石川朝臣広成 | Ishikawa no Asomi Hironari | 696, 1600–1601 | |
| Ishikawa no Iratsume (i) | 石川郎女 | | 97–98 | One of several different women identified by this name. |
| Ishikawa no Iratsume (ii) | 石川郎女 | | 108 | One of several different women identified by this name. May have been the same person as (iv), below. |
| Ishikawa no Iratsume (iii) | 石川女郎 | | 129 | One of several different women identified by this name. May have been the same person as (ii), above. |
| Ishikawa no Iratsume (iv) | 石川女郎 | | | One of several different women identified by this name. The Man'yōshū Mibugushi (万葉集美夫君志) claims her to be a different person from (ii) and (iii), above, but the Man'yōshū Chūshaku (万葉集註釈) treats them as the same person. No poems by this woman were included in the Man'yōshū, but she was the recipient of KKTK 110. |
| Ishikawa no Iratsume (v) | 石川女郎 | | 126, 128 | One of several different women identified by this name. May have been the same person as (ii), above, per the Man'yōshū Chūshaku. |
| Ishikawa no Iratsume (vi) | 石川郎女 | | 518, 4439 | One of several different women identified by this name. |
| Ishikawa no Iratsume (vii) | 石川郎女 | | 4491 | One of several different women identified by this name. |
| Ishikawa no Kake no Iratsume | 石川賀係女郎 | | 1612 | |
| Ishikawa no Kimiko | 石川朝臣吉美侯 or 石川朝臣君子 石川君子朝臣 | Ishikawa no Asomi Kimiko Ishikawa no Kimiko Asomi | 278, 2742 | Also known as Ishikawa no Oto Iratsuko (石川大夫 or 石川少郎) or Oto Iratsuko (少郎子) |
| Ishikawa no Maetsukimi | 石川卿 | | 1728 | |
| Ishikawa no Maetsukimi | 石川大夫 | | 247 | |
| Ishikawa no Mimichi | 石川朝臣水通 | Ishikawa no Asomi Mimichi | 3998 | |
| Ishikawa no Tarihito | 石川朝臣足人 | Ishikawa no Asomi Tarihito | 955 | |
| Ishikawa no Toshitari | 石川朝臣年足 | Ishikawa no Asomi Toshitari | 474 | |
| Isonokami no Katsuo | 石上朝臣堅魚 | Isonokami no Asomi Katsuo | 1472 | |
| Isonokami no Maetsukimi | 石上卿 | | 287 | May be the same person as Maro, Otomaro or Toyoniwa. |
| Isonokami no Maro | 石上朝臣麿 | Isonokami no Asomi Maro | 44 | |
| Isonokami no Otomaro | 石上朝臣乙麿 | Isonokami no Asomi Otomaro | 368, 374, 1022–1023 | |
| Isonokami no Yakatsugu | 石上朝臣宅嗣 | Isonokami no Asomi Yakatsugu | 4282 | |
| Empress Iwa | 磐姫皇后 | | 85–88 | |
| Empress Jitō | 持統天皇 | Jitō-tennō | 28, 159, 160–161, 162, 236, possibly 78, possibly 236 | |
| Emperor Jomei | 舒明天皇 | Jomei-tennō | 2, [485–487], [1511], [1664] | |
| Emperor Junnin | 淳仁天皇 | Junnin-tennō | 4486 | |
| Prince Kadobe | 門部王 | Kadobe-no-ōkimi | 310, 326, 371, 536, 1013 | |
| Kadobe no Iwatari | 門部連石足 | Kadobe no Muraji Iwatari | 568, 845 | |
| Princess Kagami | 鏡王女 | Kagami-no-ōkimi | 92, 93, 489, 1419, 1607 | |
| Kakinomoto no Hitomaro | 柿本朝臣人麿 | Kakinomoto no Asomi Hitomaro | 29–31, 36–37, 38–39, 40–42, 45–49, 131–133, 134, 135–137, 138–139, 167–169, 170, 194–195, 196–198, 199–201, 202, 207–209, 210–212, 213–216, 217–219, 207–209, 220–222, 223, 235, 239–240, 241, 249–256, 261–262, 264, 266, 303–304, [423,] 426, 428, 429–430, 496–499, 501–503, 1710–1711, 1761–1762, 3611; 88 poems in total, of which 19 are chōka and 69 tanka | |
| (Kakinomoto no Asomi Hitomaro Kashū) | 柿本朝臣人麿之歌集 | Kakinomoto no Asomi Hitomaro no Kashū | 146, 244, 1068, 1087–1088, 1092–1094, 1100–1101, 1118–1119, 1187, 1247–1250, 1268–1269, 1271, 1272–1294 (sedōka), 1296–1310, 1682–1709 (unclear), 1715–1725 (unclear), 1773–1775, 1795–1799, 1812–1818, 1890–1896, 1996–2033, 2094–2095, 2178–2179, 2234, 2239–2243, 2312–2315, 2333–2334, 2351–2362 (sedōka), 2368–2516, 2841–2863, 3127–3130, 3253–3254, 3309, 3441, 3470, 3481, 3490; 369 poems in total, of which 2 are chōka, 332 tanka and 35 sedōka | |
| (Quoted in the Hitomaro Kashū) | 柿本朝臣人麿之歌集中 | Kakinomoto no Asomi Hitomaro no Kashū chū | 1782–1783, 2808 | |
| Kakinomoto no Hitomaro's wife | 柿本朝臣人麿妻 | Kakinomoto no Asomi Hitomaro no tsuma | 224–225, 504, possibly 1783 | |
| Kami no Komaro | 上古麿 | | 356 | |
| Kamikoso no Oyumaro | 神社忌寸老麿 | Kamikoso no Imiki Oyumaro, also read Miwamori no Imiki Oyumaro | 976–977 | |
| Kamitsukeno no Ushikai | 上毛野牛甘 | | 4404 | |
| Princess Kamo | 賀茂女王 | Kamo-no-ōkimi | 556, 565, 1613 | |
| Kamo no Tarihito | 鴨君足人 | Kamo no Kimi no Tarihito | 257–259, 260) | |
| Kamō no Otome | 蒲生娘子 | | 4232, [4236–4237] | |
| Kannabi no Ikago | 甘南備真人伊香 | Kannabi no Mahito Ikago | 4489, 4502, 4510, 4513 | Prince Ikago (伊香王). According to the Shoku Nihongi he acquired his first court rank in 746 served in various regional government capacities such as assistant governor of Mimasaka Province, governor of Bizen Province, and governor of Etchū Province, and was alive at least as late as 777. |
| Kannagibe no Maso no Otome | 巫部麻蘇娘子 | | 703–704, 1562, 1621 | |
| Kan'omibe no Shimamaro | 神麻続部島麿 | | 4381 | |
| Kantobe no Ko Oshio | 神人部子忍男 | | 4402 | |
| Karu no Ōiratsume | 軽太郎女 | | 90 | |
| Kasa no Iratsume | 笠女郎 | | 395–397, 587–610, 1451, 1616; 29 poems in total, all tanka | |
| Kasa no Kanamura | 笠朝臣金村 | Kasa no Asomi Kanamura | 364–365, 366–367, 543–545, 546–548, 907–909, 910–912, 920–922, 928–930, 935–937, 1453–1455, 1532–1533; 30 poems in total, of which 8 are chōka and 22 tanka | |
| (Kasa no Asomi Kanamura Kashū) | 笠朝臣金村歌集 | Kasa no Asomi Kanamura no Kashū | 230–232, 233–234 | |
| (Quoted in the Kanamura Kashū) | 笠朝臣金村之歌中 | Kasa no Asomi Kanamura no Ka chū | 368, 369, 950–953, 1785–1786, 1787–1789 | |
| Kasa no Kokimi | 笠朝臣子君 | Kasa no Asomi Kokimi | 4227–4228 | |
| Kasa no Maro | 笠朝臣麿 | Kasa no Asomi Maro | 336, 351, 391, 393, 572–573, 821 | Better known by his Buddhist name Sami Mansei. |
| Princess Kasanui | 笠縫女王 | Kasanui-no-ōkimi | 1611, 1613 | |
| Kashi no Hachimaro | 榎氏鉢麿 | | 838 | |
| Prince Kashihade | 膳王 | Kashihade-no-ōkimi | 954 | |
| Prince Kasuga | 春日王 | Kasuga-no-ōkimi | 669 | Died 745. |
| Prince Kasuga | 春日王 | Kasuga-no-ōkimi | 243 | The identity of KKTK 243's author is unknown, as there are three possible candidates who were all princes named Kasuga and lived during the time the Man'yōshū poems were being composed. Nakanishi tentatively attributes 243 to the figure who died in 699, but presents another who died in 689, and the author of KKTK 669, who died in 745, as alternative possibilities. |
| Kasuga no Kura no Oyu | 春日蔵首老 | Kasuga no Kura no Obito Oyu | 56, 62, 282, 284, 286, 298, 1717, 1719 | |
| Kasugabe no Maro | 春日部麿 | | 4345 | |
| Kawabe no Azumahito | 河辺朝臣東人 | Kawabe no Asomi Azumahito | 1440 | |
| Kawabe no Miyahito | 河辺宮人 | | 228–229, 434–437 | |
| Kawakami no Oyu | 川上臣老 | Kawakami no Omi Oyu | 4376 | |
| Prince Kawamura | 河村王 | Kawamura-no-ōkimi | 3817–3818 | |
| Kawara | 川原 | | 1737 | |
| Kawara no Mushimaro | 川原虫麿 | | 4340 | |
| Prince Kawashima | 川島皇子 | Kawashima-no-miko | 34, 1716 | |
| Kaya no Otome | 草嬢 | Also read Kusa no Otome | 512 | |
| Kenjū | 傔従 | | 3890–3899 | |
| Princess Ki | 紀皇女 | Ki-no-himemiko | 390, 3098 | |
| Ki no Iratsume | 紀女郎 | | 643–645, 762–763, 776, 782, 1452, 1460–1461, 1648, 1661; 12 poems in total, all tanka | |
| Ki no Kahito | 紀朝臣鹿人 | Ki no Asomi Kahito | 990, 991, 1549 | |
| Ki no Kiyohito | 紀朝臣清人 | Ki no Asomi Kiyohito | 1503 | |
| Ki no Maetsukimi | 紀卿 | | 815 | |
| Ki no Okaji | 紀朝臣男梶 | Ki no Asomi Okaji | 3924 | |
| Ki no Toyokawa | 紀朝臣豊河 | Ki no Asomi Toyokawa | 3923 | |
| Prince Kinashi no Karu | 木梨軽皇子 | Kinashi-no-karu-no-miko | 3263 | |
| Kinu | 絹 | | 1723 | |
| Kisakibe no Isoshima | 私部石島 | | 4385 | |
| Prince Kobe | 子部王 | Kobe-no-ōkimi | [1515] | |
| Princess Kobe | 児部女王 | Kobe-no-ōkimi | 3821 | |
| Princess Kōchi | 河内女王 | Kōchi-no-ōkimi | 4059 | |
| Kōchi no Momoe no Otome | 河内百枝娘子 | | 701–702 | |
| Empress Kōken | 孝謙天皇 | Kōken-tennō | 4264–4265 | |
| Empress Kōmyō | 光明皇后 | Kōmyō-kōgō | 1658, 4224, 4240 | |
| Kose no Iratsume | 巨勢郎女 | | 102 | |
| Kose no Nademaro | 巨勢朝臣奈弖麿 | Kose no Asomi Nademaro | 4273 | |
| Kose no Sukunamaro | 巨勢朝臣宿奈麿 | Kose no Asomi Sukunamaro | 1016, 1645 | |
| Kose no Toyohito | 巨勢朝臣豊人 | Kose no Asomi Toyohito | 3845 | |
| Kōshi no Amahito | 高氏海人 | | 842 | |
| Kōshi no Gitsū | 高氏義通 | | 835 | |
| Kōshi no Inajiki | 荒氏稲布 | | 832 | |
| Kōshi no Oyu | 高氏老 | | 851 | |
| Kosobe no Tsushima | 巨曽倍朝臣津島 | Kosobe no Asomi Tsushima | 1024, 1576 | |
| Princess Kume | 久米女王 | Kume-no-ōkimi | 1583 | |
| Kume no Hironawa | 久米朝臣継麿 | Kume no Asomi Hironawa | 4050, 4053, 4201, 4203, 4209–4210, 4222, 4231, 4252 | |
| Kume no Iratsume | 久米女郎 | | 1459 | |
| Kume no Tsugimaro | 久米朝臣継麿 | Kume no Asomi Tsugimaro | 4202 | |
| Kume no Zenji | 久米禅師 | | 96, 99, 100 | |
| Kura no Nawamaro | 内蔵忌寸縄麿 | Kura no Imiki Nawamaro | 3996, 4087, 4200, 4233 | |
| Princess Kurahashibe | 倉橋部女王 | Kurahashibe-no-ōkimi | 441, 1613 | |
| Kurahashibe no Otome | 椋椅部弟女 | | 4420 | |
| Kurahashibe no Tojime | 椋椅部刀自売 | | 4416 | |
| Kurazukuri no Masuhito | 桉作村主益人 | Kurazukuri no Suguri Masuhito | 311, 1004 | |
| Kurohito no Me | 黒人妻 | | 281 | Wife of Takechi no Kurohito. |
| Kurumamochi no Chitose | 車持朝臣千年 | Kurumamochi no Asomi Chitose | 913–914, 915–916, 931–932, 950–953 | |
| Prince Kusakabe | 草壁皇子 | Kusakabe-no-miko | 110 | Credited as "August Prince Hinamishi" (日並皇子尊 Hinamishi-no-miko-no-mikoto). |
| Kusakabe no Minaka | 日下部使主三中 | Kusakabe no Omi Minaka | 4348 | |
| Makatachi | 婢 | | 3857 | |
| Prince Mamuta | 茨田王 | Mamuta-no-ōkimi | 4283 | |
| Maro | 麻呂 | | 1725, 1782 | Possibly an abbreviated form of the name Hitomaro. |
| Maroko no Ōmaro | 丸子連多麿 | Maroko no Muraji Ōmaro | 4330 | |
| Maroko no Ōtoshi | 丸子連大歳 | Maroko no Muraji Ōtoshi | 4353 | |
| Marokobe no Sukeo | 丸子部佐壮 | | 4368 | |
| Princess Matokata | 円方女王 | Matokata-no-ōkimi | 4283 | |
| Meko | 妻子 | | 3860–3869; 10 poems in total, all tanka | Her real name unknown, Meko simply means "wife". She was the wife of a fisherman from Shika Island in Chikuzen Province (筑前国志賀白水郎 Chikuzen no Shika no Ama). |
| Mibu no Udamaro | 壬生使主宇太麿 | Mibu no Omi Udamaro | 3612, 3669, 3674–3675, 3702 | |
| Mibube no Michimaro | 生部道麿 | | 4338 | |
| Prince Mihara | 三原王 | Mihara-no-ōkimi | 1543 | |
| Prince Mikata | 三形王 | Mikata-no-ōkimi | 4488, 4511 | |
| Mikata no Sami | 三方沙弥 | | 123, 125, 508, 1027, 2315, 4227–4228 | |
| Mikuni no Hitotari | 三国真人人足 | Mikuni no Mahito Hitotari | 1655 | |
| Princess Minabe | 御名部皇女 | Minabe-no-himemiko | 77 | |
| Mino no Isomori | 三野連石守 | Mino no Muraji Isomori | 1644, 3890 | |
| Prince Mishima | 三島王 | Mishima-no-ōkimi | 883 | |
| Miteshiro no Hitona | 三手代人名 | | 1588 | |
| Miwa no Takechimaro | 三輪朝臣高市麿 | Miwa no Asomi Takechimaro | 1770 | |
| Emperor Monmu | 文武天皇 | Monmu-tennō | 74, possibly 236 | |
| Mononobe no Akimochi | 物部秋持 | | 4321 | |
| Mononobe no Hirotari | 物部広足 | | 4418 | |
| Mononobe no Komaro | 物部古麿 | | 4327 | |
| Mononobe no Mane | 物部真根 | | 4419 | |
| Mononobe no Mashima | 物部真島 | | 4375 | |
| Mononobe no Michitari | 物部道足 | | 4365–4366 | |
| Mononobe no Otora | 物部乎刀良 | | 4356 | |
| Mononobe no Tatsu | 物部龍 | | 4358 | |
| Mononobe no Tojime | 物部刀自売 | | 4424 | |
| Mononobe no Toshitoko | 物部歳徳 | | 4415 | |
| Prince Moribe | 守部王 | Moribe-no-ōkimi | 999, 1000 | |
| Musaba | 六鯖 | | 3694–3696 | |
| Prince Mutobe | 身人部王 | Mutobe-no-ōkimi | 68 | |
| Prince Naga | 長皇子 | Naga-no-miko | 60, 65, 73, 84 | |
| Naga no Okimaro | 長忌寸意吉麿 | Naga no Imiki Otome | 1584 | |
| Naga no Otome | 長忌寸娘 | Naga no Imiki Okimaro | 57, 143–144, 238, 265, 1673, 3824–3831, 3754–3766, 3775–3776, 3777–3785; 14 poems in total, all tanka | |
| Prince Nagaya | 長屋王 | Nagaya-no-ōkimi | 75, 268, 300–301, 1517 | |
| Naka tsu Sumeramikoto | 中皇命 or 中天皇 | | 3–4, 10–12 | The title refers to a "junior emperor", but the exact identity of the poet is uncertain. |
| Nakatomi no Azumahito | 中臣朝臣東人 | Nakatomi no Asomi Azumahito | 515 | |
| Nakatomi no Iratsume | 中臣女郎 | | 675–679 | |
| Nakatomi no Kiyomaro | 中臣朝臣清麿 | Nakatomi no Asomi Kiyomaro | 4258, 4296, 4497, 4499, 4504, 4508 | |
| Nakatomi no Muraji | 中臣朝臣武良自 | Nakatomi no Asomi Muraji | 1439 | |
| Nakatomi no Yakamori | 中臣朝臣宅守 | Nakatomi no Asomi Yakamori | 3727–3730, 3731–3744, 3754–3766, 3775–3776, 3777–3785; 40 poems in total, all tanka | |
| Nakatomibe no Tarikuni | 中臣部足国 | | 4378 | |
| Naniwa no Sumeramikoto no Iromo | 難波天皇妹 | | 484 | |
| Prince Niu | 丹生王 | Niu-no-ōkimi | 420–422 | Possibly the same person as Princess Niu below, as one orthography of ōkimi is definitely female, while the other could be gender-neutral. |
| Princess Niu | 丹生女王 | Niu-no-ōkimi | 553–554, 1610, possibly 420–422 | Possibly the same person as Prince Niu above. |
| Nochi no Hito (i) | 後人 | | 520 | Literally "a later person", possibly Ōtomo no Yakamochi. Apparently a distinct poet from (ii), (iii) and (iv). |
| Nochi no Hito (ii) | 後人 | | 861–863 | Literally "a later person". Apparently a distinct poet from (i), (iii) and (iv). |
| Nochi no Hito (iii) | 後人 | | 872, 873, 874–875 | Literally "a later person". Apparently a distinct poet from (i), (ii) and (iv). |
| Nochi no Hito (iv) | 後人後人 | | 1680–1681 | Literally "a later person". Apparently a distinct poet from (i), (ii) and (iii). |
| Noto no Otomi | 能登臣乙美 | Noto no Omi Otomi | 4069 | |
| Princess Nukata | 額田王 | Nukata-no-ōkimi | 7, 8, 9, 16, 17–18, 20, 112, 113, 151, 155, 488, 1606; 13 poems in total, of which 3 are chōka and 10 tanka | |
| Nuki no Keta no Obito | 抜気大首 | | 1767–1769 | |
| Ōami no Hitonushi | 大網公人主 | Ōami no Kimi Hitonushi | 413 | |
| Oda no Koto | 小田事 | | 291 | |
| Ōhara no Imaki | 大原真人今城 | Ōhara no Mahito Imaki | 1604, 4436–4439, 4442, 4444, 4459, 4475–4476, 4477–4480, 4496, 4505, 4507 | |
| Ohatsusebe no Kasamaro | 小長谷部笠麿 | | 4403 | |
| Ōishi no Minomaro | 大石蓑麿 | | 3617 | |
| Okamoto no Sumeramikoto | 崗本天皇 | | 485–487, 1511, 1664 | Literally "the Okamoto Emperor", referring to an emperor who ruled from the Okamoto Palace, but which of the two emperors who reigned there—Emperor Jomei or Empress Saimei—this refers to is uncertain. |
| Okisome no Azumahito | 置始東人 | | 66, 204–206 | |
| Okisome no Hatsuse | 置始連長谷 | Okisome no Muraji Hatsuse | 4302 | |
| Princess Ōku | 大伯皇女 | Ōku-no-himemiko | 105–106, 163–166 | |
| Okura no Maetsukimi no Onoko | 憶良大夫之男 | | 4365 | |
| Ōkura no Maro | 大蔵忌寸麿 | Ōkura no Imiki Maro | 3703 | |
| Prince Omi | 麻続王 | Omi-no-ōkimi | 24 | |
| Omina no Chichihaha | 女之父母 | | 3815 | Literally "the woman's parents". 3814 is a request to the parents to marry their daughter, whom the poet heard had recently been divorced. They sent a reply, 3815, explaining that she had already remarried. |
| Ominame | 婦人 (i)–(ii), 妾 (iii) | | 150 (ii) | Literally meaning "a lady", this refers to at least three people as used in the notes and poetic attributions of the Man'yōshū, including one poet. (i) and (iii) had no poems attributed to them in the collection. |
| Ōmiwa no Iratsume | 大神女郎 | | 618, 1505 | |
| Ōmiwa no Okimori | 大神朝臣奥守 | Ōmiwa no Asomi Okimori | 3841 | |
| Ono no Kunikata | 小野朝臣国堅 | Ono no Asomi Kunikata | 844 | |
| Ono no Oyu | 小野朝臣老 | Ono no Asomi Oyu | 328, 816, 958 | |
| Onoshi no Tamori | 小野氏淡理 | | 846 | |
| Prince Osada | 長田王 | Osada-no-ōkimi | 81–83, 245–246, 248 | |
| Osada no Himatsuri no Tokotari | 他田日奉直得大理 | Osada no Himatsuri no Atai Tokotari | 4384 | |
| Osada no Hirotsu no Otome | 他田広津娘子 | | 1652, 1659 | |
| Osada no Toneribe no Ōshima | 他田舎人大島 | | 4401 | |
| Osadabe no Ko Iwasaki | 他田部子磐前 | | 4407 | |
| Osakabe no Chikuni | 刑部直千国 | Osakabe no Atai Chikuni | 4357 | |
| Osakabe no Mino | 刑部直三野 | Osakabe no Atai Mino | 4349 | |
| Osakabe no Mushimaro | 刑部虫麿 | | 4339 | |
| Osakabe no Otomaro | 忍坂部乙麿 | | 71 | |
| Osakabe no Shikamaro | 刑部志加麿 | | 4390 | |
| Osakabe no Tarimaro | 刑部垂麿 | | 263, 427 | |
| Ōshi no Mahito | 生石村主真人 | Ōshi no Suguri Mahito | 355 | |
| Oshinumibe no Iomaro | 忍海部五百麿 | | 4391 | |
| Ōtabe no Aramimi | 大田部荒耳 | | 4374 | |
| Ōtabe no Minari | 大田部三成 | | 4380 | |
| Ōtabe no Tarihito | 大田部足人 | | 4387 | |
| Prince Otai | 小鯛王 | Otai-no-ōkimi | 3819–3820 | |
| Otoko | 壮士 (i)–(vi) | | 3786–3787 (i), 3788–3790 (ii), 3804 (iv), 3814 (vi) | Literally meaning "a man", this refers to several people as used in the notes and poetic attributions of the Man'yōshū, including probably four distinct poets. (iii) and (v) had no poems attributed to them in the collection, but were mentioned in the headnote of 3803 and the endnote of 3806, respectively. |
| Otome | 娘子 (i)–(xviii), 嬢子 (xix), 童女 (xx) | | 404, 406, 627 (vi); 633–634, 637, 639, 641 (vii); 1457 (ix); 1778 (xii); 3682 (xiv); 3794–3802, 3803, 3805, 3806, 3809, 3810, 3815 (xv); 706 (xx) | Literally meaning "a girl", this refers to several people as used in the notes and poetic attributions of the Man'yōshū, including at least eight distinct poets. |
| Ōtomo no Azumahito | 大伴宿禰東人 | Ōtomo no Sukune Azumahito | 1034 | |
| Ōtomo no Chimuro | 大伴宿禰千室 | Ōtomo no Sukune Chimuro | 693, 4298 | |
| Ōtomo no Daibu | 大伴大夫 | | 819 | |
| Ōtomo no Fumimochi | 大伴宿禰書持 | Ōtomo no Sukune Fumimochi | 463, 1480–1481, 1587, 3901–3906, 3909–3910 | The son of Tabito and younger brother of Yakamochi. |
| Ōtomo no Ikenushi | 大伴宿禰池主 | Ōtomo no Sukune Ikenushi | 1590, 3944–3946, 3949, 3967–3968, 3973–3975, 4128–4131, 4132–4133, 4295, 4300; 29 poems in total, of which 4 are chōka and 25 tanka | |
| Ōtomo no Inakimi | 大伴宿禰稲公 | Ōtomo no Sukune Inakimi | 1553 | |
| Ōtomo no Iratsume (i) | 大伴郎女 | | | Wife of Tabito, and apparently a different person from (ii) below. The Man'yōshū includes no poems attributed to her, but she was mentioned in a note accompanying 1472. |
| Ōtomo no Iratsume (ii) | 大伴女郎 | | 519 | Apparently a different person from (i) above, and possibly the daughter of Yasumaro. |
| Ōtomo no Katami | 大伴宿禰像見 | Ōtomo no Sukune Katami | 664, 697–699, 1595 | |
| Ōtomo no Kiyotsugu | 大伴宿禰清継 | Ōtomo no Sukune Kiyotsugu | 4262–4263 | |
| Ōtomo no Kiyotsuna | 大伴清縄 | | 1482 | |
| Ōtomo no Kuromaro | 大伴宿禰黒麿 | Ōtomo no Sukune Kuromaro | 4280 | |
| Ōtomo no Maetsukimi | 大伴卿 | | 299 | Not a name but a title used in various places in the collection, probably referring to Tabito, Yasumaro or Michitari. The one poem attributed to "Maetsukimi", was probably written by Tabito or Yasumaro. |
| Ōtomo no Mihayashi | 大伴宿禰三林 | Ōtomo no Sukune Mihayashi | 1434 | May be a scribal error for Miyori, as the name is otherwise unattested. |
| Ōtomo no Minaka | 大伴宿禰三中 | Ōtomo no Sukune Minaka | 443–445, 3701, 3707 | |
| Ōtomo no Miyori | 大伴宿禰三依 | Ōtomo no Sukune Miyori | 552, 578, 650, 690, [819] | The son of Miyuki. |
| Ōtomo no Miyuki | 大伴宿禰御行 | Ōtomo no Sukune Miyuki | 4260 | The son of Umakai, father of Miyori and older brother of Yasumaro. |
| Ōtomo no Momoyo | 大伴宿禰百代 | Ōtomo no Sukune Momoyo | 392, 559–562, 566, 823 | |
| Ōtomo no Murakami | 大伴宿禰村上 | Ōtomo no Sukune Murakami | 1436–1437, 1493, 4299 | |
| Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume | 大伴坂上郎女 | | 379–380, 401, 410, 460–461, 525–528, 529, 563–564, 585, 586, 619–620, 647, 649, 651–652, 656–661, 666–667, 673–674, 683–689, 721, 723–724, 725–726, 760–761, 963, 964, 979, 981–982, 992, 993, 995, 1017, 1028, 1432–1433, 1445, 1447, 1450, 1474, 1475, 1484, 1498, 1500, 1502, 1548, 1560–1561, 1592–1593, 1620, 1651, 1654, 1656, 3927–3928, 3929–3930, 3927–3928, 4080–4081, 4220–4221; 84 poems in total, of which 6 are chōka, 77 tanka and 1 sedōka | |
| Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Ō-otome | 大伴坂上大嬢 | | 581–584, 729–731, 735, 737–738, 1624; 11 poems in total, all tanka | |
| Ōtomo no Sukunamaro | 大伴宿禰宿奈麿 | Ōtomo no Sukune Sukunamaro | 532–533 | |
| Ōtomo no Surugamaro | 大伴宿禰駿河麿 | Ōtomo no Sukune Surugamaro | 300, 402, 407, 409, 646, 648, 653–655, 1438, 1660; 11 poems in total, all tanka | |
| Ōtomo no Tabito | 大伴宿禰旅人 | Ōtomo no Sukune Tabito | 315–316, 331–335, 338–350, 438–440, 446–450, 451–453, 555, 574–575, 577, 793, 806–807, 810–811, 822, [847–852, 853–860,] 861–863, 871, 872, 873, 874–875, 956, 957, 960, 961, 967–968, 969–970, 1473, 1541–1542, 1639, 1640; 76 poems in total, of which 1 is a chōka and 75 tanka | |
| Ōtomo no Tamura no Ō-otome | 大伴田村大嬢 | | 756–759, 1449, 1506, 1622–1623, 1662 | |
| Ōtomo no Tanushi | 大伴宿禰田主 | Ōtomo no Sukune Tanushi | 127 | |
| Ōtomo no Toshikami | 大伴利上 | | 1573 | |
| Ōtomo no Yakamochi | 大伴宿禰家持 | Ōtomo no Sukune Yakamochi | 403, 408, 414, 462, 464, 465, 466–469, 470–474, 475–477, 478–480, 611–612, 680–682, 691–692, 700, 705, 714–720, 722, 727–728, 732–734, 736, 739–740, 741–755, 764, 765, 767–768, 769, 770–774, 775, 777–781, 783–785, 786–788, 789–790, 994, 1029, 1032–1033, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1040, 1043, 1441, 1446, 1448, 1462–1463, 1464, 1477, 1478, 1479, 1485, 1486–1487, 1488, 1489, 1490, 1491, 1494–1495, 1496, 1507–1509, 1510, 1554, 1563, 1565, 1566–1569, 1572, 1591, 1596, 1597–1599, 1602–1603, 1605, 1619, 1625, 1626, 1627–1628, 1629–1630, 1631, 1632, 1635, 1649, 1663, 3853–3854, 3900, 3901–3906, 3911–3913, 3916–3921, 3926, 3943, 3947–3948, 3950, 3953–3954, 3957–3959, 3960–3961, 3962–3964, 3965–3966, 3969–3973, 3976–3977, 3978–3982, 3983–3984, 3985–3987, 3988, 3988–3990, 3991–3992, 3995, 3997, 3999, 4000–4002, 4006–4007, 4011–4015, 4017–4020, 4021–4029, 4030–4031, 4037, 4043, 4044–4045, 4048, 4051, 4054–4055, 4063–4064, 4066, 4068, 4070, 4071, 4072, 4076–4079, 4082–4084, 4085, 4086, 4088, 4089–4092, 4093, 4094–4097, 4098–4100, 4101–4105, 4106–4109, 4110, 4111–4112, 4113–4115, 4116–4118, 4119, 4120–4121, 4122–4123, 4124, 4125–4127, 4134, 4135, 4136, 4137, 4138, 4139–4140, 4141, 4142, 4143, 4144–4145, 4146–4147, 4148–4149, 4150, 4151–4153, 4154–4155, 4156–4158, 4159, 4160–4162, 4163, 4164–4165, 4166–4168, 4169–4170, 4171–4172, 4173, 4174, 4175–4176, 4177–4179, 4180–4183, 4185–4186, 4187–4188, 4189–4191, 4192–4193, 4194–4196, 4197–4198, 4199, 4205, 4206, 4207–4208, 4211–4212, 4213, 4214–4216, 4217, 4218, 4219, 4223, 4225, 4226, 4229, 4230, 4234, 4238, 4239, 4248–4249, 4250, 4251, 4253, 4254–4255, 4256, 4259, 4266–4267, 4272, 4278, 4281, 4285–4287, 4288, 4289, 4290–4291, 4292, 4297, 4303, 4304, 4305, 4306–4313, 4314, 4315–4320, 4331–4333, 4334–4336, 4360–4362, 4395–4397, 4398–4400, 4408–4412, 4434–4435, 4443, 4445, 4450–4451, 4453, 4457, 4460–4462, 4463–4464, 4465–4467, 4468–4470, 4471, 4474, 4481, 4483, 4484, 4485, 4490, 4492, 4493, 4494, 4495, 4498, 4501, 4503, 4506, 4509, 4512, 4514, 4515, 4516; 479 poems in total, of which 46 are chōka, 431 tanka, 1 sedōka and 1 renga | Son of Tabito, grandson of Yasumaro, older brother of Fumimochi. |
| Ōtomo no Yakamochi no iromo | 大伴家持妹 | | 4184 | |
| Ōtomo no Yasumaro | 大伴宿禰安麿 | Ōtomo no Sukune Yasumaro | 101, [299,] 517 | |
| Ōtomo no Yotsuna | 大伴宿禰四綱 | Ōtomo no Sukune Yotsuna | 329–330, 571, 629, 1499 | |
| Ōtomobe no Fushimaro | 大伴部節麿 | | 4406 | |
| Ōtomobe no Hironari | 大伴部広成 | | 4382 | |
| Ōtomobe no Kohitsuji | 大伴部子羊 | | 4394 | |
| Ōtomobe no Matarime | 大伴部真足女 | | 4413 | |
| Ōtomobe no Mayosa | 大伴部麻与佐 | | 4392 | |
| Ōtomobe no Otoshi | 大伴部小歳 | | 4414 | |
| Ōtoneribe no Chifumi | 大舎人部千文 | | 4369–4370 | |
| Ōtoneribe no Nemaro | 大舎人部禰麿 | | 4379 | |
| Prince Ōtsu | 大津皇子 | Ōtsu-no-miko | 107, 109, 416 | |
| Owari no Muraji | 尾張連 | | 1421–1422 | |
| Owarida no Hiromimi | 小治田朝臣東麿 | Owarida no Asomi Hiromimi | 1476, 1501 | |
| Saeki no Akamaro | 佐伯宿禰赤麿 | Saeki no Sukune Akamaro | 405, 628, 630 | |
| Saeki no Azumahito | 佐伯宿禰東人 | Saeki no Sukune Azumahito | 622 | |
| Saeki no Azumahito no Me | 佐伯宿禰東人妻 | Saeki no Sukune Azumahito no Me | 622 | Wife of Azumahito. |
| Saeki no Kobito | 佐伯子首 | | 830 | Also known as Sashi no Ko Obito (佐氏子首). |
| Empress Saimei | 斉明天皇 | Saimei-tennō | [10–12], [485–487], [1511] | |
| Prince Sakaibe | 境部王 | Sakaibe-no-ōkimi | 3833 | |
| Sakaibe no Oyumaro | 境部宿禰老麿 | Sakaibe no Sukune Oyumaro | 3907–3908 | |
| Sakanoue no Hitoosa | 坂上忌寸人長 | Sakanoue no Imiki Hitoosa | 1679 | |
| Sakatabe no Maro | 坂田部首麿 | Sakatabe no Obito Maro | 4342 | |
| Sakato no Hitotari | 坂門人足 | | 54 | |
| Saki no Uneme | 前采女 | | 3807 | |
| Sakimori no Me | 防人之妻 | | 3344–3345 | |
| Prince Sakurai | 桜井王 | Sakurai-no-ōkimi | 1614, 4478 | |
| Sami | 沙弥 | | 1469 | |
| Princess Sami | 沙弥女王 | Sami-no-ōkimi | 1763 | |
| Samini | 沙弥尼 | | 1558–1559 | |
| Sano no Chigami no Otome | 狭野茅上娘子 | | 3723–3726, 3745–3753, 3767–3774, 3777–3778; 23 poems in total, all tanka | |
| Sazakibe no Hiroshima | 雀部広島 | | 4393 | |
| Sechimyōkan no Myōbu | 薛妙観命婦 | | 4438, 4456 | |
| Sena no Gyōmon | 背奈公行文 | Sena no Kimi Gyōmon | 3836 | |
| Prince Shiki | 志貴皇子 | Shiki-no-miko | 51, 64, 267, 513, 1418, 1466 | |
| Shihi no Omina | 志斐嫗 | | 237 | |
| Shiino no Nagatoshi | 椎野連長年 | Shiino no Muraji Nagatoshi | 3823 | |
| Shimatari | 島足 | | 1724 | |
| Shishi no Ōhara | 史氏大原 | | 826 | |
| Shishi no Ōmichi | 志氏大道 | | 837 | |
| Shitoribe no Karamaro | 倭文部可良麿 | | 4372 | |
| Shōben | 小弁 | | 305, 1719, 1734 | |
| Emperor Shōmu | 聖武天皇 | Shōmu-tennō | 430, 624, 973–974, 1009, 1030, 1539–1540, 1615, 1638, 4269 | |
| Prince Shōtoku | 聖徳皇子 | Shōtoko-no-miko | 415 | |
| Sono no Ikuha no Musume | 園臣生羽之女 | Sono no Omi Ikuha no Musume | 124 | |
| Sonshi no Ochikata | 村氏彼方 | | 480 | |
| Suminoe no Otome | 清江娘子 | | 69 | |
| Suruga no Uneme | 駿河婇女 | | 507, 1420 | |
| Tabe no Ichihiko | 田部忌寸櫟子 | Tabe no Imiki Ichihiko | 493–495 | |
| Tachibana no Ayanari | 橘宿禰文成 | Tachibana no Sukune Ayanari | 1014 | |
| Tachibana no Moroe | 橘宿禰諸兄 | Tachibana no Sukune Moroe | 1025, 3922, 4056, 4270, 4447–4448, 4454 | |
| Tachibana no Naramaro | 橘宿禰奈良麿 | Tachibana no Sukune Naramaro | 1010, 1581–1582 | |
| Tagi no Maro no Me | 当麻真人麿妻 | Tagi no Mahito Maro no Me | 43, 511 | "Name" translates to "Tagi no Mahito Maro's wife". |
| Taguchi no Masuhito | 田口朝臣益人 | Taguchi no Asomi Masuhito | 296–297 | |
| Taguchi no Umaosa | 田口朝臣馬長 | Taguchi no Asomi Umaosa | 3914 | |
| Taishi no Nakachiko | 大使之第二男 | | 3659 | |
| Tajihi no Hanishi | 丹治比真人土作 | Tajihi no Mahito Hanishi | 4243 | |
| Tajihi no Kasamaro | 丹比真人笠麿 | Tajihi no Mahito Kasamaro | 285, 509–510 | |
| Tajihi no Kunihito | 丹比真人国人 | Tajihi no Mahito Kunihito | 382–383, 1557, 4446 | |
| Tajihi no Mahito | 丹比真人 | | 226, 1609, 1726 | Given name, and whether the three attributions to a "Tajihi no Mahito" all refer to the same person, unknown. |
| Tajihi no Otomaro | 丹比真人乙麿 | Tajihi no Mahito Otomaro | 1443 | |
| Tajihi no Takanushi | 丹治比真人鷹主 | Tajihi no Mahito Takanushi | 4262 | |
| Tajihi no Yanushi | 丹比真人屋主 | Tajihi no Mahito Yanushi | 3625–3626 | |
| Tajihibe no Kunihito | 丹比部国人 | Tajihi no Mahito Kunihito | 4329 | |
| Princess Tajima | 但馬皇女 | Tajima-no-himemiko | 114, 115, 116, 1515 | |
| Takahashi no Asomi | 高橋朝臣 | | 481–483 | |
| Takahashi no Mushimaro | 高橋連虫麿 | Takahashi no Muraji Mushimaro | 971–972 | |
| (Takahashi no Muraji Mushimaro no Kashū) | 高橋連虫麿之歌集 | | 1738–1739, 1740–1741, 1742–1743, 1744, 1745, 1746, 1747–1748, 1749–1750, 1751–1752, 1753–1754, 1755–1756, 1757–1758, 1759–1760, 1807–1808, 1809–1811; 29 poems in total, of which 12 are chōka, 16 tanka and 1 sedōka | |
| (Quoted in the Takahashi no Muraji Mushimaro no Kashū) | 高橋連虫麿之歌集中 | Takahashi no Muraji Mushimaro no Kashū chū | 319–321, 1497, 1780–1781 | |
| Prince Takamiya | 高宮王 | Takamiya-no-ōkimi | 3855–3856 | |
| Takaoka no Kōchi | 高丘連河内 | Takaoka no Muraji Kōchi | 1038–1039 | |
| Princess Takata | 高田女王 | Takata-no-ōkimi | 537–542, 1444 | |
| Prince Takayasu | 高安王 | Takayasu-no-ōkimi | 625, 1504, 3952 | |
| Takayasu no Kurahito no Tanemaro | 高安倉人種麿 | | 4240–4247 | |
| Prince Takechi | 高市皇子 | Takechi-no-miko | 156–158 | |
| Takechi no Furuhito | 高市古人 | | 32–33 | May be a scribal error for Kurohito. |
| Takechi no Kurohito | 高市連黒人 | Takechi no Muraji Kurohito | 58, 70, 270–277, 279–280, 283, 305, 1718, 4016; 16 poems in total, all tanka | |
| Princess Taki | 多紀皇女 | Taki-no-himemiko | [3098] | |
| Tamatsuki | 玉槻 | | 3704–3705 | |
| Tamatsukuribe no Kunioshi | 玉作部国忍 | | 4351 | |
| Tamatsukuribe no Hirome | 玉作部広目 | | 4351 | |
| Princess Tamochi | 手持女王 | Tamochi-no-ōkimi | 417–419, 1444 | |
| Tanabe no Akiniwa | 田辺秋庭 | | 3638 | |
| Tanabe no Sakimaro | 田辺史福麿 | Tanabe no Fuhito Sakimaro | 4032–4035, 4036 4038–4042, 4046, 4049, 4052, 4056–4062; 20 poems in total, all tanka | |
| (Tanabe no Sakimaro no Kashū) | 田辺福麿之歌集 | | 1047–1049, 1050–1052, 1053–1058, 1059–1061, 1062–1064, 1065–1067, 1792–1794, 1800, 1801–1803, 1804–1806; 31 poems in total, of which 10 are chōka and 21 tanka | |
| Taniwa no Ōme no Otome | 丹波大女娘子 | | 711–713 | |
| Tanshi no Maro | 丹氏麿 | | 828 | |
| Emperor Tenji | 天智天皇 | Tenchi-tennō | 13–15, 91 | |
| Emperor Tenmu | 天武天皇 | Tenmu-tennō | 21, 25, 26, 27, 103, possibly 236 | |
| Tohito | 鄙人 | | 3808 | |
| Toneri | 舎人 | | 171–193; 23 poems in total, all tanka | |
| Prince Toneri | 舎人皇子 | Toneri-no-miko | 117, 1706, 4294 | |
| Toneri no Kine | 舎人吉年 | | 152, 492 | |
| Toneri no Otome | 舎人娘子 | | 61, 118, 1636 | |
| Tori no Senryō | 土理宣令 | | 313, 1470 | |
| Toshi no Momomura | 土氏百村 | | 825 | |
| Toshima no Uneme | 豊島采女 | | 1026, 1027 | |
| Toyo no Michinokuchi no Kuni no Otome | 豊前国娘子 | | 709, 984 | |
| Tsūkan | 通観 | | 327, 353 | |
| Tsuki no Obito | 調使首 | Tsuki no Omi Obito | 3339–3343 | |
| Tsuki no Ōmi | 調首淡海 | Tsuki no Obito Ōmi | 55 | |
| Tsukimoto | 槐本 | | 1715 | |
| Tsuno no Kōben | 角朝臣広弁 | Tsuno no Asomi Kōben | 1641 | |
| Tsuno no Maro | 角麿 | | 292–295 | |
| Tsumori no Ogurusu | 津守宿禰小黒栖 | Tsumori no Sukune Ogurusu | 4377 | |
| Uhyōe | 右兵衛 | | 3837 | |
| Ujibe no Kurome | 宇遅部黒女 | | 4417 | |
| Ukare-me (i) | 遊行女婦 | | 381, 965–966 | Literally "a courtesan", someone who would perform musical and poetic entertainment at parties held at regional government offices. |
| Ukare-me (ii) | 遊行女婦 | | | Literally "a courtesan", someone who would perform musical and poetic entertainment at parties held at regional government offices.No poems included in the Man'yōshū, but was associated with 4106, 4108 and 4110. |
| Ukare-me (iii) | 遊行女婦 | | 1492 | Literally "a courtesan", someone who would perform musical and poetic entertainment at parties held at regional government offices. |
| Uma no Kunihito | 馬史国人 | Uma no Fuhito Kunihito | 4458 | |
| Umashine | 味稲 | | 385 | |
| Princess Umikami | 海上女王 | Umikami-no-ōkimi | 531 | |
| Uno no Ohito | 宇怒首男人 | Uno no Obito Ohito | 959 | |
| Urabe no Hirokata | 占部広方 | | 4371 | |
| Urabe no Mushimaro | 占部虫麿 | | 4388 | |
| Urabe no Otatsu | 占部小龍 | | 4367 | |
| Utobe no Ushimaro | 有度部牛麿 | | 4337 | |
| Wakamiya no Ayuchimaro | 若宮年魚麿 | | 387, 388–389, 1429–1430 | |
| Wakaomibe no Hitsuji | 若麻続部羊 | | 4359 | |
| Wakaomibe no Morohito | 若麻続部諸人 | | 4350 | |
| Wakasakurabe no Kimitari | 若桜部朝臣君足 | Wakasakurabe no Asomi Kimitari | 1643 | |
| Wakatoneribe no Hirotari | 若舎人部広足 | | 4363–4364 | |
| Wakayamatobe no Mumaro | 若倭部身麿 | | 4322 | |
| Prince Wakayue | 若湯座王 | Wakayue-no-ōkimi | 352 | |
| Yahagibe no Managa | 矢作部真長 | | 4386 | |
| Prince Yamabe | 山部王 | Yamabe-no-ōkimi | 1516 | |
| Yamabe no Akahito | 山部宿禰赤人 | Yamabe no Sukune Akahito | 317–318, 322–323, 324–325, 357–362, 363, 372–373, 378, 384, 341–433, 917–919, 923–925, 926–927, 933–934, 938–941, 942–945, 946–947, 1001, 1005–1006, 1424–1427, 1431, 1471, 3915; 50 poems in total, of which 13 are chōka and 37 tanka | |
| Yamada no Hijimaro | 山田史土麿 | Yamada no Fuhito Hijimaro | 4294 | |
| Princess Yamaguchi | 山口女王 | Yamaguchi-no-ōkimi | 613–617, 1617 | |
| Yamaguchi no Wakamaro | 山口忌寸若麿 | Yamaguchi no Imiki Wakamaro | 567, 827 | |
| Prince Yamakuma | 山前王 | Yamakuma-no-ōkimi | 423, 424–425 | |
| Yamanoue no Okura | 山上臣憶良 | Yamanoue no Omi Okura | [34], 63, 145, 337, 794–799, 800–801, 802–803, 804–805, [813–814], 818, 868–870, 874–875, 876–879, 880–882, 886–891, 892–893, 894–896, 904–905, [906], 897–903, 978, 1518, 1519, 1520–1522, 1523–1526, 1527–1529, 1537–1538, 1716, 3860–3869; 78 poems in total, of which 11 are chōka, 66 tanka and 1 sedōka | |
| Prince Yamashiro | 山背王 | Yamashiro-no-ōkimi | 4473 | |
| Yamato | 大倭 | | 1736 | |
| Empress Yamato | 倭大后 | Yamato-no-ōkisaki | 147, 148, 149, 153 | |
| Yashi no Sukunamaro | 野氏宿奈麿 | | 833 | |
| Princess Yashiro | 八代女王 | Yashiro-no-ōkimi | 626 | |
| Yo no Myōgun | 余明軍 | | 394, 454–458, 579–580 | |
| Princess Yosa | 誉謝女王 | Yosa-no-ōkimi | 59 | |
| Yosami no Otome | 依羅娘子 | | 140, 224–225 | |
| Yoshida no Yoroshi | 吉田連宜 | Yoshida no Muraji Yoroshi | 864, 865, 866, 867 | |
| Prince Yuge | 弓削皇子 | Yuge-no-miko | 111, 119–122, 242, 1467, 1608 | |
| Prince Yuhara | 湯原王 | Yuhara-no-ōkimi | 375, 376–377, 631–632, 635–636, 638, 640, 642, 670, 985–986, 989, 1544–1545, 1550, 1552, 1618; 19 poems in total, all tanka | |
| Yuki no Yakamaro | 雪連宅麿 | Yuki no Muraji Yakamaro | 3644 | |
| Emperor Yūryaku | 雄略天皇 | Yūryaku-tennō | 1, 1664 | |