The Japanese Spirit by Yoshisaburo Okakura: “Here is one of the earliest odes to Fujiyama, contained in a collection of lyrical poems called Man-yo-shu, or 'Myriad Leaves,' by Prince Moroe (died A.D. 757), somewhere in the first half of the eighth century:”
Shinto: The Ancient Religion of Japan by W. G. Aston: “In one passage of the Nihongi, Yomi is clearly no more than a metaphor for the grave. A brother of Jimmu Tenno, the first Mikado, is said to have gone to the ‘Eternal Land’ at his death, and in a poem of the Manyōshiu, a deceased Mikado is said to have ascended into heaven.”
A Country Teacher by Tayama Katai: “The study was four and a half mats. On the big magnolia-wood desk lit by a lamp, the magazines Myojo and Bungei Club, the Man'yoshu and the collected works of Ichiyo lay scattered in a jumble. [auto-translated]”
Tsugaru by Osamu Dazai: “Oh, there were towns even in such a place, I thought, and sighed. It felt like the 'hidden marsh' that appears so often in the Man'yoshu and similar works. [auto-translated]”
Out of the East: Reveries and Studies in New Japan by Lafcadio Hearn: “But the most impressive and the most ancient is found in the "Manyefushifu," a collection of poems dating from the fifth to the ninth century.”