Kadobe no Iwatari (門部石足) was a Japanese waka poet in the Nara period.

Biography Little is known of the life of Kadobe no Iwatari. His kabane was Muraji. In Tenpyō 1 (729) he was working as an official in Chikuzen. The following year he participated in a plum blossom-viewing party at the residence of Ōtomo no Tabito, then the governor (一大宰帥 ichi Dazai no sochi) of Dazaifu.

Poetry Poems 568 and 845 in the Man'yōshū are attributed to him.

Man'yōganaModern Japanese textReconstructed Old JapaneseModern JapaneseEnglish translation宇具比須能 麻知迦弖尓勢斯 宇米我波奈 知良須阿利許曽 意母布故我多米鴬の 待ちかてにせし 梅が花 散らずありこそ 思ふ子がためuguisu no machikate ni seshi ume ga hana chirazu ari koso omou ko ga tame

See also Reiwa

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