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- Oku no Hosomichi - 奥の細道 - おくのほそ道
The Narrow Road to the Deep North -
. Oku no Hosomichi - 奥の細道 - Introduction .
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- - - Station 28 - Mogamigawa 最上川 - - -
The River Mogami rises in the high mountains of the far north, and its upper course runs through the province of Yamagata. There are many dangerous spots along this river, such as Speckled Stones and Eagle Rapids, but it finally empties itself into the sea at Sakata, after washing the north edge of Mount Itajiki. As I descended this river in a boat, I felt as if the mountains on both sides were ready to fall down upon me, for the boat was tiny one - the kind that farmers used for carrying sheaves of rice in old times - and the trees were heavily laden with foliage. I saw the Cascade of Silver Threads sparkling through the green leaves and the Temple called Sennindo standing close to the shore. The river was swollen to the brim, and the boat was in constant peril.
Gathering all the rains
Of May,
The River Mogami rushes down
In one violent stream.
Tr. by Nobuyuki Yuasa
source : terebess.hu/english
最上川のらんと、大石田と云所に日和を待。爰に古き誹諧の種こぼれて、忘れぬ花のむかしをしたひ、芦角一声の心をやはらげ、此道にさぐりあしゝて、新古ふた道にふみまよふといへども、みちしるべする人しなければとわりなき一巻残しぬ。このたびの風流爰に至れり。
最上川はみちのくより出て、山形を水上とす。 こてんはやぶさなど云おそろしき難所有。板敷山の北を流て、果は酒田の海に入。左右山覆ひ、茂みの中に船を下す。是に稲つみたるをやいな船といふならし。白糸の瀧は青葉の隙／＼に落て仙人堂岸に臨て立。水みなぎつて舟あやうし。
五月雨をあつめて早し最上川
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五月雨を集めてはやし最上川
samidare o atsumete hayashi Mogamigawa
collecting the June-rain
running so fast -
the river Mogamigawa
Tr. Gabi Greve
Read the discussion of the hokku here
. WKD : Rain in various kigo .
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Sennindoo 仙人堂 Sennin Do (外川神社 Togawa Jinja）
This Hall is upstream from Shiraito Waterfall. It is a shrine in honor of Yoshitsune's retainer Hitachibo Kaison.
. Hitachibo Kaison Sennin 常陸坊海尊仙人 .
. 源の義経 Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - 1189) .
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奥の細道図屏風 - Yamagata - Byobu images
山形美術館所蔵－長谷川コレクション Hasegawa Collection
source : www.bashouan.com
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Oku no Hosomichi
. - - - Station 31 - Sakata 酒田 - Tsurugaoka 鶴が岡 - - - .
暑き日を海にいれたり最上川
atsuku hi o umi ni iretari Mogamigawa
- - - - - The original version of the MOGAMIGAWA poem, praising the view from the house of his host, the rich merchant Terajima Hikosuke 寺島彦助:
涼しさや 海にいれたる 最上川
suzushisa ya umi ni iretaru Mogamigawa
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最上川河童舟下り A Kappa going down the river Mogamigawa
source : kappauv.com/sub3/hakubutu/ - Kappa Museum
. Mahoroba Kappa Matsuri まほろば河童まつり Festival .
this old river -
the sound of water
as the Kappa jumps
Gabi Greve, 2015
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