Whereas there were at least five court poets who were given the title of Nawade[1] only two are frequently discussed in academic circles.
[3] According to one traditional telling, Nawadegyi was the son of Princess Narapati Medaw's guardian.
[4] Nawadegyi served multiple kings, including Sithu Kyawhtin and Bayinnaung (the latter of whom conferred the title upon him).
He often wrote poetry that exalted the royal family, including missing Manawhari Pyo (1579) which concerns the Thudanu Prince,[3] as well as more than three hundred yadus.
[6] When the manuscript of Letwe Nawrahta's Yodaya Naing Mawgun was first catalogued, the poem was misattributed to the second Nawade, and this was not rectified until decades later.