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- Zenshoji temple
- This Zen temple was the family temple of the Izumi family of Yamanaka.
The chief priest there was related to Kumenosuke's family and Basho
probably stayed there on the strength of a letter of introduction from
Kumenosuke.
- garden
- The customs at Zen temples has always been for guests to help with
the cleaning the next morning as an act worship and of thanks and respect.
"Chiru yanagi" scattered willow leaves, is a sign of autumn. "To sweep the
garden and leave, scattered willow leaves at the temple." Basho creates a
feeling of having written the poem in haste and cast it aside (kakitsutsu)
rather than presenting it formally.
- Shiogoshi
- There is a deep bay here where the priest Rengyo in 1471 built a
residence at Yoshizaki. It is a sacred site for the Shinshu sect.
On a promontory called Shiogoshi opposite Yoshizaki there is a cluster
of pine trees greatly prized for their shapely limbs. Yoshitsune
also passed this way on his way to Hiraizumi.
[moonlight] Many books on local sights attribute this poem to
Saigyo, but it was probably written by Rengyo Shonin. In any case,
it is not listed in Kokka Taikan or other repositories where we
would expect to find a poem of Saigyo's. Again at an important
location, Basho declines to write a poem.
- moonlight
- Many books on local sights attribute this poem to Saigyo, but it
was probably written by Rengyo Shonin. In any case, it is not
listed in Kokka Taikan or other repositories where we would expect
to find a poem of Saigyo's. Again at an important location, Basho
declines to write a poem.
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