Trip: Fushimi

We went to the south 伏見:Fushimi area near 宇治川:the Uji River late in March.

> 恋;
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> *My Love;*
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> きゑやらぬ　思ひのさらに　うぢ川の
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> 川瀬にすだく　螢のみかは - 龍馬
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> *My love is like fireflies on the shallows of the Uji River.*
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> *It disappers at noon, it appears at night. - Ryoma*
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This area is known for Sake (Japanese alcoholic beverage) and usually do their first opening event in spring. There are some small museums of Sake and Fushimi history we can go around on foot for half a day.

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### ①**竜馬商店街 : The Ryoma Street**

The start point at noon is the Ryoma Street.

It is an old shopping street more than 400 years ago. When Hideyoshi built Fushimi Castle, he opened an entertainment district near the Uji River.

The shopping street also developed for workers and customers there.

##### **竜馬通り商店街 : The Ryoma Street**

http://ryomadori.com/

**By train:**

http://ryomadori.com/access/

・Get off at "Fushimi Momoyama Station" on Keihan-line. About 7 minutes by walk.

・Get off at "Momoyama Goryo Station" on Kintetsu Kyoto-line. About 10 minutes by walk.

We had a lunch at Soba noodle restaurants in the street.

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> *A noted mill made in Sen-shu;*
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> 引臼の　如くかみしも　たがはずば
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> かかる憂目に　逢はまじきもの
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> *We would not be in trouble,*
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> *if the top and the bottom were in order like a mill.*
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    Today, the name of the street takes after 坂本 龍馬:Sakamoto Ryoma. He is one of the most popular hero in the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate.

##### **坂本 龍馬 : Sakamoto Ryoma**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakamoto\_Ry%C5%8Dma

He was from 土佐:Tosa (高知:Kochi prefecture) and stayed to get into trouble at 寺田屋:Terada-ya in Fushimi.

There is a museum in his homeland.

##### **THE SAKAMOTO RYOMA MEMORIAL MUSEUM**

https://ryoma-kinenkan.jp/en/

It is currently being renewed and will be opened on April 21, 2018.

> 土佐で詠む;
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> *I'm in Tosa;*
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> さよふけて　月をもめでし　賤の男の
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> 庭の小萩の　露を知りけり
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> *When the night has come, and the yard is dark,*
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> *that unrefined man looks upon the moon.*
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> *So, he learns a dew on the bush clover.*
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### ②**黄桜カッパギャラリー : Kizakura Kappa Gallery**

黄桜:Kizakura is one of sake breweries in Fushimi.

##### **黄桜カッパカントリー : Kizakura Kappa Country (restaurant)**

http://kizakura.co.jp/restaurant/country/index.html

##### **伏水蔵 : Fushimi-gura (Sake and Beer Brewery)**

http://kizakura.co.jp/en/husimigura/index.html

河童(カッパ):Kappa is a mischievous Japanese water sprite. A Kappa has an round plate with water on his head and carapace like a tortoise on his back.

> 丸くとも　一かどあれや　人心
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> あまりまろきは　ころびやすきぞ
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> *Leave an edge undone.*
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> *Too smooth, too slippy.*
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> *That's our mind.*
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His humorous family is a popular character of Kizakura brands.

##### **黄桜カッパギャラリー : Kizakura Kappa Gallery**

http://kizakura.co.jp/gallery/index.html

http://kizakura.co.jp/restaurant/country/memorial/index.html

There is a Kappa Gallery that has various displays about Kappa legends.

According to their display about secret medicines given by Kappa, 愛洲薬:Aisu Medicine I introduced in "Log@Kyoto 1569 2" is as following;

> **アイス薬:Aisu Medicine in 新潟:Niigata prefecture**
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> 糸魚川の西海に伝わる河童の秘薬は、打撲傷に良く効く"アイス"という薬で、あさしらげ（ハコベ）、にはとこ（クサニハトコ）、ろくたびなどでつくると伝えられている。クサニハトコは、生薬名を接骨木といい、糸魚川市羽生では伝説の草として大切に育てられている。
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> *The secret medicine of Kappa legend told among the 西海:Nishiumi area along 糸魚川:the Itoi River is "Aisu Medicine" that cures a bruise well. It is made with Stellaria (chickweed), Sambucus sieboldiana, Pyrola japonica and so on. Sambucus sieboldiana is called as a bonesetting tree, and grown up carefully as a legend plant in 羽生:Hanyu area of the Itoigawa City.*
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##### **Sambucus sieboldiana**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambucus\_sieboldiana

##### **Pyrola japonica**

https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pyrola\_japonica

Kappa monsters have a lot of legends, not only good medicines but also their bad mischievs, all over Japan.

##### **Kappa and medicine**

https://kappapedia.blogspot.jp/2015/01/kappa-no-kizugusuri.html

> 文開く　衣の袖は　ぬれにけり
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> 海より深き　君が美心
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> *My dear sister.*
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> *I've read your letter.*
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> *My clothes got wet in your abyss of love.*
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By the way, the Itoi River is the first UNESCO Global Geopark in Japan.

### **③寺田屋 : Terada-ya**

Terada-ya was a riverside hostel near the old Fushimi Port.

It was once ruined in the Battle of Toba-Fushimi during the Boshin War in middle of 19th century.

##### **鳥羽・伏見の戦い : Battle of Toba-Fushimi**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle\_of\_Toba%E2%80%93Fushimi

##### **戊辰戦争 : Boshin War**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boshin\_War

*The Boshin War (戊辰戦争 Boshin Sensō, "War of the Year of the Yang Earth Dragon"),sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution, was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the Imperial Court.*

> 桂小五郎揮亳を需めける時示すとて;
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> *Katsura Kogoro asked me for writing;*
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> ゆく春も　心やすげに　見ゆるかな
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> 花なき里の　夕暮の空
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> *I'm looking after spring at ease*
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> *under the sky at sunset in the town without blossom.*
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Terada-ya is a famous for two incidents in the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate.

##### **寺田屋事件 : Teradaya incidents**

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AF%BA%E7%94%B0%E5%B1%8B%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6

> *The Teradaya incident refers to two separate events in Japanese history, or more precisely, in the Bakumatsu period, both of which happened in the same hostel in Fushimi, south of Kyoto, Teradaya.*
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> *- 1862 (Bunkyū 2): The Sonnō-jōi followers of Satsuma are liquidated*
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> *- 1866 (Bunkyū 6): Failed attack of the Fushimi Municipality on Sakamoto Ryōma*
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The replica was built in the Meiji period as a landmark, and a lot of history fans visit there today.

##### **風の旅 - 寺田屋 : Trip on the Wind - Terada-ya**

https://kazenotabi-kyoto.com/encyclopedia-jinjabukkaku/teradaya.html

> 淀川を遡りて;
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> *I go up the Yodo River;*
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> 藤の花　今をさかりと　咲きつれど
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> 船いそがれて　見返りもせず
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> *Now the wisteria trees fully blossom,*
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> *though I have no time to look back them on the hasty ship.*
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He loved sending letters and writing something very much.

##### **青空文庫 : Aozora Bunko - 坂本 竜馬 : Sakamoto Ryoma**

https://www.aozora.gr.jp/index\_pages/person908.html

There are many letters he sent to someone with his poetry in the Internet library, Aozora Bunko.

I sometimes wonder whether he came to kyoto to do his work or to make love songs and love letters...again and again.

> 世の人は　われを何とも　言はばいへ
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> わがなすことは　我のみぞしる
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> *Speak of me as you like.*
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> *Simply I know what I do.*
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I see...

I'll speak of you as I like...

### **④妙音寺 : Myoon-ji**

There is an open temple of Tendai School near Terada-ya.

子安観音: Ko-yasu Kannon and 不動明王:Fudō Myō-ō (Acala, acalanātha) are looking toward the street.

子安観音: Ko-yasu Kannon is an avator of 観音菩薩:Kannon Bosatsu (Guanyin, Avalokitasvara).

He is a guardian of pregnant women and babies when he is called Ko-yasu Kannon. Kannon Bosatsu has a lot of his avators to apply his power to each case in this world.

##### **観音 : Kannon (Guanyin, Avalokitasvara)**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanyin

> *Guanyin or Guan Yin (/ˌɡwɑːnˈjɪn/) is an East Asian bodhisattva associated with compassion and venerated by Mahayana Buddhists and followers of Chinese folk religions, also known as the "Goddess of Mercy" in English. The Chinese name Guanyin, short for Guanshiyin, means "[The One Who] Perceives the Sounds of the World".*
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不動明王:Fudō Myō-ō is a guardian of knowledge, literally Immovable Wisdom King.

##### **不動明王 : Fudo Myoo (Acala, acalanātha)**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acala

> *Acala (Sanskrit: अचलनाथ "immovable") is a dharmapala primarily revered in Vajrayana Buddhism. He is seen as a protective deity particularly in Shingon traditions of Japan where he is known as Fudō Myō-ō, in Tangmi traditions China, in Nepal and Tibet as Candarosana, and elsewhere in Tantric Buddhism.*
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> *In Japan, Acala is highly venerated in the Shingon Buddhism, Tendai, Zen, Nichiren Buddhism and in Shugendō.*
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Kannon Bosatsu and Fudō Myō-ō are the Two-Top of Buddhist guardians believed widely among the people in Japan. They are often called with simple friendly honorific title "-さん:-san" such as "観音-さん:Kannon-san", "お不動-さん:O-fudo-san" as if they are our neighbors.

> みじか夜を　あかずも啼て　あかしつる
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> 心かたるな　やまほととぎす
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> *No, don't tell me true.*
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> *Dear my bird of time*
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> *who stays with me overnight in the mountain.*
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Fudō Myō-ō with a stone monument for 交通安全:traffic safety at Myoon-ji stands near 湊川:the Minato River and 竹田街道:the Takeda Road that connect the center of Kyoto and the south of Fushimi.

##### **竹田街道 : Takeda Kaido (Takeda Road)**

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%B9%E7%94%B0%E8%A1%97%E9%81%93

The Takeda Road was developed in Edo period and they transported goods by oxcart.

> 伏見より江戸へ旅立つとき;
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> *I leave Fushimi to Edo;*
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> 又あふと　思ふ心を　しるべにて
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> 道なき世にも　出づる旅かな
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> *See you again!*
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> *That's my mark.*
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> *I'll move on a trip into the unknown!*
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### **⑤三十石舟 and 十石舟 : Old Transport Boats on the Minato River**

三十石舟:Sanjikkoku-fune and 十石舟: Jikkoku-fune at Fushimi were old transport boats that used to go and come on 宇治川:the Uji River and 淀川:the Yodo River between Kyoto and Osaka in order to transport Sake (rice wine), rice and passengers.

##### **淀川 : Yodo River**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yodo\_River

> *The Yodo River (淀川 Yodo-gawa), also called the Seta River (瀬田川 Seta-gawa) and the Uji River (宇治川 Uji-gawa) at portions of its route, is the principal river in Osaka Prefecture on Honshū, Japan. The source of the river is Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture to the north.*
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> *The Yodo River, usually called the Seta River in Shiga Prefecture, begins at the southern outlet of the lake in Ōtsu. There is a dam there to regulate the lake level. Further downstream, the Seta flows into Kyoto Prefecture and changes its name to the Uji River, and then merges with two other rivers, namely the Katsura River and the Kizu River in Kyoto Prefecture.*
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##### **伏見観光協会 : Fusimi Kankoukyokai - Yodo Area Map**

http://kyoto-fushimi.or.jp/map/#area4

> 先日申てあげたかしらん
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> 世の中の事をよめる;
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> *I wonder whether I've told you that recently.*
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> *What I want to tell you in this world;*
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> さてもよに　につゝもあるか　大井川
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> くだすいかだの　はやきとしつき
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> *By the way, the Oi River looks like this world, doesn't it?*
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> *It carries the rafts speedy like time.*
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##### **桂川 : Katsura River (Oi River / Hozu River)**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsura\_River

> *The Katsura River (桂川 Katsura-gawa) is a continuation of two other rivers, the Hozu River, a small, speedy river which begins in the mountains near Kameoka and then slithers through the mountains separating Kameoka and Kyoto; and the Ōi River (大堰川 Ōi-gawa), which emerges from those mountains and expands into a shallow, slow-flowing river until Togetsukyo Bridge in Arashiyama. From that point forward, the river is referred to as the Katsura River, and its flow continues for several kilometers through Osaka Prefecture until it joins the Kamo and Uji rivers.*
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The Ōi River is written as 大堰川 or 大井川. It is a noted river in 嵐山:Arashiyama where the old emperors often visited for sightseeing by oxcart. They went by 車折神社:Kurumazaki Jinja Shrine I introduced during the event of One Piece 20th x Kyoto.

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> *At sunset in autumn;*
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> 嵐山　夕べ淋しく　鳴る鐘に
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> こぼれそめてし　木々の紅葉
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> *The lonesome bell tells the sunset.*
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> *Golden leaves overflow in the stormy mountain.*
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The Ōi River was originally developed and managed for flood control by Hata clan from the 5th century. Hata clan covered the moody river that ran from the west to the south in Kyoto widely and firmly.

The upper stream called 保津川:the Hozu River. It is famous for river rafting in Gorge.

##### **保津川下り : Hozugawa-Kudari (River Rafting on the Hozu River)**

https://www.hozugawakudari.jp/en

The Hozu River is a rapid river and the Oi River or the Katsura River is still easy to overflow today after a heavy rain. 嵐山:Arashiyama is literally the Stormy Mountain.

・美山:Miyama -> Hozu River -> Oi River -> Katsura River -> joins into the { Uji River }

・Lake Biwa -> Seta River -> { Uji River } -> Yodo River -> Osaka Bay

> 春くれて　五月まつ間の　ほととぎす
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> 初音をしのべ　深山べの里
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> *Spring has gone.*
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> *The bird of time tells who I was at start*
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> *while waiting for May in the town by the deep mountain.*
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The rivers in Kyoto have many aliases as 歌枕:Uta-makura (noted places or landmarks used in poetry) to join with 掛詞:Kake-kotoba (paronomasia, pivot words, associated words in mora sound) or 縁語:En-go (associated words in meaning) in rhetoric.

Ryoma's poetry is generally orthodox, traditional and conservative, though he is respected and often referred as a pioneer in the modern business. He seems to step each noted Uta-makura place to compose Waka poetry one by one...

##### **伏見観光協会 : Fusimi Kankoukyokai - sightseeing boats**

http://kyoto-fushimi.or.jp/ship/

Today, 三十石舟:Sanjikkoku-fune and 十石舟: Jikkoku-fune at Fushimi are sightseeing boats on 濠川:the Minato River, the branch of the Uji River, for a hour.

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> 月と日の　むかしをしのぶ　みなと川
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> 流れて清き　菊の下水
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> *The moon and the sun miss the past.*
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> *The Minato River runs to the south.*
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> *The underflow comes from the north.*
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> *The Chrysanthemum shows the future.*
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### **⑥長健寺 : Choken-ji Temple**

長健寺:Choken-ji is a Shingon School temple.

##### **長健寺 : Choken-ji Temple**

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%95%B7%E5%BB%BA%E5%AF%BA\_(%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E5%B8%82)

It was founded by 建部政宇:Takebe Masanoki in the early Edo period after the Fushimi Castle closed. He was a Fushimi Bugyo (Magistrates or municipal administrators of Fushimi).

The name of the temple "建" took after him.

##### **奉行 : Bugyo**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugy%C5%8D

> 奈良崎将作に逢ひし夢見て;
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> *I saw Narasaki Shosaku in my dream;*
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> 面影の　見えつる君が　言の葉を
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> かしくに祭る　今日の尊さ
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> *I saw you. I worshiped you.*
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> *Your face, your voice reminds me of it again.*
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> *Today is always valuable.*
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They worshiped 八臂弁財天:Happi Benzai-ten who has eight arms.

##### **弁才天/弁財天 : Benzai-ten (Saraswati)**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzaiten

> *Benzaiten (弁才天, 弁財天) is a Japanese Buddhist goddess, who originated from the Hindu goddess Saraswati. Worship of Benzaiten arrived in Japan during the 6th through 8th centuries, mainly via the Chinese translations of the Sutra of Golden Light, which has a section devoted to her. She is also mentioned in the Lotus Sutra and often depicted holding a biwa, a traditional Japanese lute, just as Saraswati holds a veena. Benzaiten is a syncretic entity with both a Buddhist and a Shinto side.*
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##### **Saraswati**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraswati

> *Saraswati (Sanskrit: सरस्वती, Sarasvatī) is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, wisdom and learning worshipped throughout Nepal and India. She is a part of the trinity (Tridevi) of Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvati. All the three forms help the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva to create, maintain and regenerate-recycle the Universe respectively.*
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They also worshiped 摩利支天:Marishi-ten (Marici).

##### **摩利支天 : Marishi-ten (Marici)**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marici\_(Buddhism)

> *In Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, Marici is a deva or bodhisattva associated with light and the sun. She is known as Molizhitian (摩利支天) or Molizhitian Pusa (摩利支天菩萨) in China, Marishi-ten (摩利支天) in Japan, and Özer Chenma (Wylie: 'od zer can ma) in Tibet.*
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Marīcī in Sanskrit means the light of sunshine or moonlight. She is also a mirage or heat haze.

> 常磐山　松の葉もりの　春の月
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> あきハあはれと　何をもいけん
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> *The moon in spring always shines*
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> *the firm pine trees at Mt. Tokiwa.*
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> *Who speaks it's nice in moody autumn?*
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Marishi-ten was an important deity who was worshiped by the Shogun and Samurai warriors because heat haze has no body to be damaged.

    She often appeared in the entrance vow of swordsmanship, such as Ieyasu's vow to enter the New Shadow School that I introduced in Art of Ninja.

She was also later worshiped in the Edo period as a goddess of wealth and prosperity by the merchant class, alongside Daikoku-ten (大黒天) and Benzai-ten (弁財天) as part of a trio of "three deities" (san-ten 三天).

Daikoku-ten usually carries seven treasures in his big bag on his shoulder.

##### **大黒天 : Daikoku-ten (Mahākāla)**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikokuten

> *In Japan, Daikokuten (大黒天), the god of great darkness or blackness, or the god of five cereals, is one of the Seven Lucky Gods (Fukujin). Daikokuten evolved from the Buddhist form of the Indian deity Shiva intertwined with the Shinto god Ōkuninushi. The name is the Japanese equivalent of Mahākāla, the Hindu name for Shiva.*
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##### **Mahākāla**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah%C4%81k%C4%81la

> *Mahākāla (Sanskrit: Mahākāla, Devanagari: महाकाल) is a deity common to Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism. According to Hinduism, Mahākāla is the consort of Hindu Goddess Kali and most prominently appears in Kalikula sect of Shaktism.*
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大黒天:Daikoku-ten in Japan is confused to mix with 大国主:Ōkuni-nushi in Shinto deity because 大黒 and 大国 read in Chinese style have the same mora sound "Dai-koku"... We usually confuse to mix something different just because of the same mora sound...

##### **大国主 : Ōkuni-nushi**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Ckuninushi

> *Ōkuninushi (大国主) is a divinity (kami) in Japanese Shinto. His name literally translates to "Great Land Master", and he is believed to be originally the ruler of Izumo Province, until he was replaced by Ninigi. In compensation, he was made ruler of the unseen world of spirits and magic. He is believed to be a god of nation-building, farming, business, and medicine.*
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Benzai-ten and Daikoku-ten are members of 七福神:Shichi-Fuku-Jin (Seven Deities of Fortune) like 七武海:Shichi-Bu-Kai (The Martial Sea Seven).

##### **七福神 : Seven Lucky Gods**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven\_Lucky\_Gods

> *In Japanese mythology, the Seven Lucky Gods or Seven Gods of Fortune (七福神, shichifukujin in Japanese) are believed to grant good luck and often have their place in netsuke engravings or in other representations. Amongst the seven, not all the gods are mythical characters, as there is one who is a historical figure.*
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##### **宝船 : Takarabune (Treasure Ship)**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takarabune

In Japanese folklore, they voyage on their a mythical ship called the Takara-bune during the first three days of the New Year.

> 世と共に　うつれば曇る　春の夜を
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> 朧月とも　人は言ふなれ
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> *Oh, I see.*
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> *He speaks that's a hazy moon at night in spring.*
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> *He is clouded if he moves along with the people.*
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### **⑦月桂冠大倉記念館: Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum**

月桂冠:Gekkeikan is also one of sake breweries in Fushimi. My father loved Gekkeikan and my maternal grand-mother loved Kizakura. They often spent the night while drinking and talking about the past.

##### **月桂冠大倉記念館 : Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum**

http://www.gekkeikan.co.jp/english/kyotofushimi/museum.html

> *The development of Fushimi as a sake production site began around four centuries ago, when Fushimi Port was developed as part of the construction work for Fushimi Castle. In one corner of this town, which was constantly busy with traffic to and from Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara, Gekkeikan was founded in 1637.*
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They love Fushimi town very much to guide its history with an illustrated river map and an aerial photograph.

##### **Fushimi: The Town where Gekkeikan was Founded**

http://www.gekkeikan.co.jp/english/kyotofushimi/fushimi.html

> *Fushimi lies at the southern end of the Kyoto Basin. It has always been blessed with good quality groundwater, and a rich natural environment even to this day. The city retains the atmosphere of the olden days, and is enjoyed by many as a city which breathes history.*
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##### **Kyoto Fushimi Sake, Created Through Clean, Plentiful Water**

http://www.gekkeikan.co.jp/english/kyotofushimi/water.html

> *The name “Fushimi” is written with the two characters “伏” (fushi) and “見” (mi). In the past it has also been written “俯見 ” using the characters “俯” and “見” to mean “birds-eye-view,” referring to the wonderful view seen from the Momoyama hills. The placename “Fushimi” already appears in the Nihon Shoki, or Chronicles of Japan, by the 8th century, the Manyoshu poetry collection from the 7th and 8th centuries, the Pillow Book from the 11th century, and the Shin Kokin Wakashu, or New Collection of Ancient and Modern Poems from the 13th century.*
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##### **Christian Daimyo, Takayama Ukon and Fushimi, Kyoto**

http://www.gekkeikan.co.jp/english/products/takayamaukon/index.html

> *The first missionary to arrive in Japan to spread Christianity is believed to have been Francis Xavier, who arrived in 1549. There are records of him visiting the capital, Kyoto, in 1550 and departing by ship from Toba Port in Fushimi (now Shimo-Toba, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto City) when leaving the capital. Following Xavier, Christianity gradually spread around Japan, and the Azuchi-Momoyama period “Christian Daimyo,” Takayama Ukon, is known as one of its main driving forces.*
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##### **高山右近 : Dom Justo Takayama**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom\_Justo\_Takayama

> *Blessed Iustus Takayama Ukon (高山右近) or Dom Justo Takayama (born Hikogorō Shigetomo) (1552 – 3 or 5 February 1615) was a Japanese Roman Catholic kirishitan daimyō and samurai who lived during the Sengoku period that witnessed anti-religious sentiment. He abandoned his status to devote himself to his faith and was exiled to Manila where he lived a life of holiness until his death.*
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Ryoma sometimes seems to drink alone.

> 人心　けふやきのふと　かわる世に
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> 独なげきの　ます鏡哉
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> *Our feeling changes from yesterday to today.*
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> *I sigh to see myself in a mirror while drinking too much with a box.*
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> *Me too... Me too...*
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##### **増鏡 : Masu-kagami**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masukagami

> *Masukagami (増鏡) is a Japanese historical tale written in the early Muromachi period believed to be between 1368 to 1376. The author is not known but is believed to be Nijō Yoshimoto. It is the last of four works of mirror series and follow most recent events.*
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> いまもまた　昔をかけば　ます鏡
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> 振りぬる代々の　跡にかさねん - 増鏡序
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> *We would write down our stack on a new mirror again.*
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> *We would write down our trace on a new mirror again and again.*
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> *- preface of Masu-kagami*
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