Ono no Minemori
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Ono no Minemori (小野 岑守; 778–830) was a Japanese historian, poet, and politician of the early Heian period. He wrote in the kanshi style of poetry.
Ono no Minemori was born in 778.[1] He was the third son of Ono no Nagami, the fuku-shōgun.[2]
He was a trusted attendant of Emperor Saga from the time the latter was crown prince.[3] In 808 he was promoted to the position of tōgū shōji (春宮少進),[1] and went on to serve in positions such as shōgeki (少外記)[1] and shikibu shōyū (式部少輔),[1] as well as serving in various provincial governments such as those of Ōmi Province,[1] Mino Province,[1] Mutsu Province,[1] Awa Province,[1] and ultimately, in 822,[3] vice-governor of the Dazaifu (大宰大弐, dazai no daini).[1]
He demonstrated his skill as an administrator the following year[3] when, he introduced reforms allowing the farming of government-owned rice paddies in the Dazaifu to relieve the burden of the peasants under his administration.[2] He also directed the construction of the Zokukmyō-in (続命院), a rest stop for visitors to the Dazaifu.[3]
He was the father of Ono no Takamura.[1]
He died on the nineteenth day of the fourth month of the seventh year of Tenchō (14 May 830 in the Gregorian calendar).[2]
