Onna Nabe

Onna Nabe
Born	Onna, Okinawa
Other name	Unna Nabii
Occupation	Possibly farmer
Years active	18th century
Known for	Poet of Ryuka (poetry), a genre of local poetry

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

About Onna Nabe

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

Ryuka

Original text

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

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

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

Transliteration

Unna Matyuisitani Tijunufenu Tachusu Kui Shinubumadinu Tijiya Naisami

Unnadaki Agata Satoga 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

Original text

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

• 明仁

Transliteration

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)

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 Shodō 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