上野の勢多の赤城の神社
大和にいかで跡を垂れけむ
大和にいかで跡を垂れけむ
- Roma-ji
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Kamitsuke no Seta no Akagi no kamiyashiro Yamato ni ikade ato o tarekemu
- English Translation
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In Kamitsuke,
at Seta upon Akagi,
the sacred shrine—
how did its god come to leave
its traces in Yamato?
- Meaning
- O shrine of Akagi at Seta in Kamitsuke, how did your god come to show himself here in the land of Yamato?
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 644
Headnote: "When I composed many poems on the gods"
One of many poems on the gods, it wonders how the god of the Akagi shrine in Seta, Kōzuke province, came to manifest himself in this land of Japan, reflecting on the origin of the god's appearance. Kamo no Mabuchi marked it with a sign of praise.
The Ruijū text places it in its section on the gods. The text transmitted by Teika differs by one letter in line 3.
Line 1 means "of Kōzuke province."
Line 2 means "of Akagi in Seta district."
Line 3 means "O shrine," the Akagi Shrine, with a break after the line as an address.
Line 4 means "in Yamato, how," Yamato here meaning Japan.
Line 5 means "did it leave its traces?" referring to a buddha or bodhisattva appearing as a native god; kemu is past conjecture.
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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