Onna Nabe

Onna Nabe
Born	Onna, Okinawa
Nationality	Ryūkyū Kingdom
Occupation	Possibly farmer
Known for	Poet of Ryuka (poetry), a genre of local poetry

Onna Nabe (恩納なべ) was a ryuka poet who was born in Onna, Okinawa, and lived in the 18th century.

恩納間切 Unna
Magiri
Location of Unna Magiri
Country	Ryukyu Kingdom
District	Kunigami
Established	1673
Area
• Land	50.77 km² (19.60 sq mi)

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About Onna Nabe

Eisho Miyagi thought she had some spiritual power, and she danced as a religious person.^[1]

Ryuka

Ryukyuan language

恩納松下に　禁止の碑たちゅす恋しのぶまでぃの　禁止やないさめ ^[2]

恩納岳あがた里が生まれ島もりもおしのけてぃこがたなさな^[3]

波の声もとまれ　風の声もとまれ　首里天がなし　美御機拝ま^[4]

Pronunciation

Unna Matyuisitani Tijunufenu Tachusu Kui Shinubumadinu Tijiya Naisami

Unnadaki Agata Satyuga Umarijima Morimo Oshinuketi Kugatanasana

Naminu Kuemotomare Kazenu Kuemotomare Shuitinganashi Miunki Ogama

Translation

There stands a notice board of forbidding something under a pine tree of Onna Village. I hope the authorities are not forbidding affection between man and woman

Over Mount Onna, there is a village where my lover lives. I would like to push away the woods, and draw the village near to me

Be quiet, the sea waves. Be quiet, the sounds of the wind, Everyone. Bow the King and see his face

Ryuka on Onna Nabe

Ryukyuan language

間暮の空に立ちゅる恩納岳

しばし眺めゆんなべゆ思てぃ

ja:明仁

^[5]

Pronunciation

Yumanguwinu Shurani Tachuru Unnadaki

Shibashi Nagameyun Nabeyu Umuti

Translation

Mount Onna stands clearly against the darkening sky

I watch it for some time, thinking of Onna Nabe (Akihito, 1987)

Footnotes

↑ Yaka[1995:28-36]
↑ Nihon Shodou[1992:71]
↑ Nihon Shodou[1992:70]
↑ Higa[1983:jou638]
↑ Nihon Shodou[1992:13]

References

Kei Higa Okinawa Encyclopedia 1983, Okinawa Times, Naha, jou, chu, ge.
Munekatsu Yaka Ryukyu Bungaku, Folklore studies on Ryuka 1995 Kindai Bungeisha, Tokyo.
- 屋嘉宗克　琉球文学　琉歌の民俗学的研究　1995　近代文芸社　東京
Nihon Shodou Bijutukan, Ryuka, the heart of songs of the Southern Island, 1992,　Nihonshodou Shuppankyoukai, Tokyo.
- 日本書道美術館　琉歌ー南島のうたの心、1992, 日本書道出版協会、東京

External links

Ryuka

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