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There are 139 pieces of the tanabata poetry in the Manyosyu. In the tanabata poetry that the poet was known, The oldest poetry is the 8-1518~9 poetry that Yamauenookura composed. But, a tanabata poetry was composed in the kyengsin year. If it is sure that the year is 680 year, this tanabata poetry must be the oldst in the Manyosyu.
Becaese the tanabata legend is the foreign legend that was imported from China, It was exotic mood in Japanese people.
It was imported in accordance with fusion to the world of ancient Japan mythology.
It is probable that it is not only Kakimotonohitomaro who first fused to the world of ancient Japan mythology, but also Tenmu age that it was composed.
According to this variation, the tanabata poetry in the Manyosyu was composed without regard to the Milky Way in the night sky. The Milky Way of the tanabata legend was changed to the Amenoyasukawa in the world of ancient Japan mythology.
because the heavenly tanabata legend was fused to the world of Yatihoko god who began to live on the earth, it was changed to the human tanabata legend.