住吉の岸の松原遠つ神
我が大君の幸しところ
我が大君の幸しところ
- Roma-ji
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Suminoe no kishi no matsubara tōtsukami waga ōkimi no idemashi tokoro
- English Translation
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At Suminoe,
the pine grove along the shore—
sprung from ancient gods,
our great sovereign once came here:
this is that very place.
- Meaning
- The pine grove along the shore of Suminoe is the very place where our great sovereign, descended from the ancient gods, once came.
- Commentary
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Book Three Miscellaneous Poems 295
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Four poems by Tsuno no Maro"
This is the fourth and last of Tsuno no Maro's four poems. It praises the pine grove on the shore of Suminoe as a hallowed place once visited by the Emperor. Beginning with legendary Takatsu and ending at Suminoe, a site of royal visits, the sequence shows the history and sanctity of Naniwa.
Tsuno no Maro's four poems form a sequence on the shores of Settsu—Takatsu, Mitsu, and Suminoe in Naniwa.
Nothing is known of the poet, Tsuno no Maro.
First line "At Suminoe": the shore in Settsu where Sumiyoshi Shrine stands.
Second line "the pine grove along the shore" was a noted scenic spot.
Third line "sprung from ancient gods": tōtsukami, "distant ancestral gods," is a pillow word for ōkimi.
Fourth line "our great sovereign" refers to the Emperor.
Fifth line "this is that very place": idemasu is the honorific "to go forth." Ending on a noun, it closes with the dignity of a royal site.
- Author
- Tsuno no Maro
- Source
- Manyoshu
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