Ōmi no Mifune

Ōmi no Mifune
Ōmi no Mifune by Kikuchi Yōsai, illustration in the late Edo work Zenken Kojitsu (前賢故実).
Native name
淡海三船
Born722
Died(785-07-17)July 17, 785
LanguageClassical Chinese
PeriodNara
Genrekanshi
RelativesEmperor Kōbun (paternal great-grandfather), Prince Kadono (葛野王, Kadono no Ōkimi; paternal grandfather), Prince Ikebe (池辺王, Ikebe no Ōkimi; father)

Ōmi no Mifune (淡海三船; 722—785) was a Japanese scholar and writer of kanshi (poetry in Classical Chinese) and kanbun (prose in Classical Chinese), who lived in the Nara period of Japanese history.