he was promoted to . Fearing suspicion and banishment from the capital for aiding in Hikami no Kawatsugu's , he remained quiet and was promoted to in 783. He died in 785 by drowning in Mutsu Province while attending to his concurrent post as shōgun. Soon after his death, Fujiwara no Tanetsugu was assassinated; suspecting that Yakamochi was involved in the affair, his burial was denied and he was posthumously disgraced and excommunicated. His son was stripped of rank and forced into exile, and it was only in 806 that he regained his rank. Poetic works A theory holds that Yakamochi was the compiler (or the final compiler) of the Man'yōshū, the first poetry anthology created in Japanese history, for which he not only wrote several poems but also transcribed, rewrote, and refashioned an unknown number of ancient poems and folklore. About 481 of the poems included in the anthology were his works. He was the most prolific and prominent writer of his time, and had a great influence on the Shika Wakashū as well. The famous Gunka song Umi Yukaba used one of his most famous and outstanding poem as lyrics, and was considered Japan's second anthem during wartime. It was the anthem of the Japanese navy, serving as the send-off song for sailors at the beginning of the war in 1937. It also formed part of the Japanese military appropriation of high culture for the historical justification of its existence. He wrote a eulogy (banka) for Prince Asaka (安積皇子 Asaka-no-miko''). Statue of Otomo Yakamochi In 1981, a statue of Otomo Yakamochi was installed in the station square at the north exit of JR Takaoka Station to commemorate the first Takaoka Manyo Festival. Later, when the statue was temporarily removed and repaired in conjunction with the JR Takaoka Station area development project, there were opinions to move the statue to the Fushiki district, where the Koshinokufu, Yakamochi's post, existed, but in the end it was decided to install it again at the north exit of the station as a symbol of Takaoka Station. In addition, a statue of Otomo Yakamochi exists near the Kawauchi Historical Museum and in front of Kawauchi Station in Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima Prefecture, where he was assigned as the Satsuma provincial governor, as one of the "historical statues to tell to the future" See also 8th century in poetry Japanese poetry References 6.https://skima-shinshu.com/ootomoshi/ 7.https://rekishigaiden.com/yakamochi/ This