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- Nenbutsu 念仏 Amida Prayer -
nebutsu, nembutsu
. WKD : Namu Amida Butsu, the Amida Prayer .
南無阿弥陀仏 Namu Amida Butsu
Prayer Ceremonies for Amida
nenbutsu, nembutsu 念仏
Basho visited some ceremonies in honor of Amida Buddha and Buddha Shakyamuni and spent some time in temples dedicated to him.
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苔埋む蔦のうつつの念仏哉
koke uzumu tsuta no utsutsu no nebutsu kana
overgrown by moss
the tsuta vines mumble
the Amida prayer . . .
Written in 1684 貞亨元年.
Basho stands in front of the grave of the second son of Yoshitomo 義朝の次男, Tomonaga 朝長.
Nobody is there and the grave looks quite forlorn, yet somehow Basho feels Tomonaga saying the Amida prayer before he died.
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Minamoto no Tomonaga (源朝長) (1144–1160) was a Minamoto clan samurai of the late Heian period. His father was Minamoto no Yoshitomo.
Tomonaga accompanied his father in fleeing Kyoto following their defeat in the Heiji Rebellion of 1159, and was wounded in a battle with sohei (warrior monks) of Yokokawa by an arrow.
When the pair arrived in Mino province, Yoshitomo asked his sons, Tomonaga and Yoshihira, to travel to the provinces of Kai and Shinano to levy troops. Yoshihira left, but Tomonaga stayed behind, his arrow wound having become infected and inflamed. Annoyed at the delay, Yoshitomo announced his intention to move on without Tomonaga, but his son asked that he be killed rather than to waste away slowly and painfully from the infection. Yoshitomo obliged his son, and buried him on the spot.
Tomonaga's grave was defiled some time later, by Taira no Munekiyo, who brought his head to Kyoto as a trophy.
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南無阿弥陀佛 Namu Amida Butsu
Nozarashi Kiko 野ざらし紀行
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .
. WKD : tsuta 蔦 vines and creepers .
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世に盛る花にも念仏申しけり
yo ni sakaru hana ni mo nebutsu mooshikeri / mōshikeri
cherries in bloom
throughout the world: to them too
“hail Amida Buddha"
Tr. Barnhill
Written around 1684 - 94. 貞亨元年 - 元禄7年.
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Shakyamuni Buddha お釈迦様 O-Shakasama
神垣やおもひもかけず涅槃像
kamigaki ya omoi mo kakezu Nehanzoo
涅槃会や皺手合する数珠の音
Nehan-e ya shiwade awasuru juzu no oto
Basho visiting
. Ise Jingu 伊勢神宮 Grand Shrine at Ise .
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. WKD : Namu Amida Butsu, the Amida Prayer .
. Cultural Keywords used by Basho .
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