Tamura no Ootome (田村大嬢)

TAMURA no Ootome (dates of birth and death unknown) was a daughter of OTOMO no Sukunamaro. She was an older paternal half-sister of OTOMO no SAKANOUE no Oiratsume and SAKANOUE no Otoiratsume. It is unknown who her mother was.

During the Tenpyo era, her uncle, Inakimi, sent her lovers poetries. Eight poems of Inakimi's that appear in the Manyoshu (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves) were all sent to Ootome.

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