A Japanese painted scroll depicting Kakinomoto Hitomaro. Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (柿本 人麻呂 or 柿本 人麿; c. 653–655 – c. 707–710) was a Japanese waka poet and aristocrat of the late Asuka period. He was the most prominent of the poets included in the Man'yōshū, the oldest waka anthology. Japan, first half 20th century -187 cm x 60 cm, slight damage to the lower section-
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