Sami Mansei Biography | Poet

Sami Mansei ( , "novice Mansei", flourished circa 720), was a Japanese Buddhist priest and poet. Little is known of his life except that his secular name was Kasa no Ason Maro. While serving at a temple in the north of Kyushu, he was a member of Otomo no Tabito 's literary coterie. His few surviving pieces are collected in the Man'yoshu .