Hashimoto City Area, Areas Associated with the Manyo Poems
Going down west after passing the Tsumano-mori area, you will soon approach the Ogano area which many Manyo songs were sung. It is just west of Hashimoto City; the area between Toge and Ichiwaki. The name can be found in the manor called the “Ogano-shou” from back in the Heian period to the Sengoku era.
Yamato niha kikoeyukanuka Ohgano no takaha karishiki ihoriseritoha I wish my wife can hear of this back home in Yamato. I wish she can hear that I’m sleeping in a miserable bed made of bamboo leaves on the ground of Ohgano. |
(No9、1677) |
Ogano(From Hashimoto City Toge to Ichiwaki)
By going down west after passing the Tsumano-mori area, you will soon approach the Ohgano area where many Manyo poems were composed. It is in the west area of Hashimoto City; the area between Toge and Ichiwaki. The name can be found in the manor “Ohgano-shou” that was there during the Heian period and the Sengoku era.
The thirteen Wakas that was composed in the winter of 701, when the Emperors Ohokisumeramikoto and Sakinosumeramikoto visited Kinokuni.
Meaning
I wish my wife can hear of this back home in Yamato. I wish she can hear that I’m sleeping in a miserable bed made of bamboo leaves on the ground of Ohgano.
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