宮柱太敷き立てて万代に
今ぞ栄えむ鎌倉の里
今ぞ栄えむ鎌倉の里
- Roma-ji
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Miyabashira futoshiki tatete yorozuyo ni ima zo sakaemu Kamakura no sato
- English Translation
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The palace pillars
planted firm and stout and tall,
for ten thousand ages
now shall it flourish and thrive,
this village of Kamakura.
- Meaning
- With its palace pillars set firm and strong, now shall Kamakura flourish for ten thousand ages.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 673
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "A poem of felicitation"
With its palace pillars planted firm, Kamakura will now flourish for ten thousand ages. A forceful blessing on the prosperity of the warrior capital, it shows Sanetomo's pride as shogun. Kamo no Mabuchi marked it with a sign of praise.
It was included in the imperial anthology Shokukokin Wakashū. The Ruijū text places it among the "poems found in other and printed texts." "Planting the palace pillars firm" is an ancient phrase found in ritual prayers and the Man'yōshū.
Line 1 means "palace pillars."
Line 2 means "planted stout and firm."
Line 3 means "for ten thousand ages."
Line 4 means "now shall it flourish," zo concluded by mu; from the capital and Kamo of the preceding poems it moves to Kamakura, Sanetomo's own seat.
Line 5 means "the village of Kamakura," ending on a noun.
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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