Asian Art

Abe no Nakamaro

Abe no Nakamaro (阿倍 仲麻呂; c. 698 – c. 770), also known by his Chinese name Chao Heng (Chinese: 晁衡, pronounced Chōkō in Japanese), was a Japanese scholar and waka poet of the Nara period. He served on a Japanese envoy to Tang China and later became the Tang duhu (protectorate governor) of Annan (modern Vietnam).

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• ▸2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire
• ▸First Indochina War
• ▸Guru Hargobind

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