Wakayama City Area, Areas Associated with the Manyo Poems
Osaki is known to be located in Shimotsu-cho, Kainan. But in “Miyohanashi” written in the Edo period by Niida, it says “Osaki Takura (old name Akura)” which means there is another theory which the presumed location of Osaki was in Takurazaki, Kada.
Osaki no kami no obama wa sebakedomo momofunabito mo suguto ihanakuni The small shore where the God of Osaki lives is not a wide one, but every ship and sailor stop by at this shore. (on the other hand, I am just passing by, with no chance of dropping by.) |
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Osaki(Shimotsu Town, Kainan City)
There are some Wakas left in the Manyoshu when Isonokamino Otomaro was on his way from the city of Nara to Tosanokuni (Kouchi prefecture) as he was being banished to the island for committing a crime.
The three Wakas from Isonokamino Otomaro when he was being exiled to Tosanokuni.
MeaningThe small shore where the God of Osaki lives is not a wide one, but every ship and sailor stop by at this shore. (on the other hand, I am just passing by, with no chance of dropping by.)
Osaki(Kada Takurazaki, Wakayama city)
Osaki is known to be located in Shimotsu-cho, Kainan. But in “Miyohanashi” written in the Edo period by Niida, it says “Osaki Takura (old name Akura)” which means there had been another theory which the presumed location of Osaki was in Takurazaki, Kada.
大意The small shore where the God of Osaki lives is not a wide one, but every ship and sailor stop by at this shore. (on the other hand, I am just passing by, with no chance of dropping by.)
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