StoneStone markermarker alongalong YamanobeYamanobe nono MichiMichi Writer:Writer: HideoHideo KobayashiKobayashi YYamanobeamanobe nnoo MMichiichi ((YamanobeYamanobe RRoad)oad) ・PleasePlease bebe nicenice toto nature.nature. ・PleasePlease cooperatecooperate withwith thethe “Take“Take youryour trashttrashrash home”hhome”ome” campaign.ccampaign.ampaign. ToTo thethe worldworld ofof aancientncient romanceromance Yamanobe-no-michi, or Yamanobe Road, is an ancient road connecting Miwa and Nara. Three government roads created in the beginning of the 7th century and called Upper, Middle, and Lower roads run from north to south in the Yamato basin. Yamanobe Road extends north from Mt. Miwa further to the east from the Upper road, curving gently through the foothills. Although it's not possible to exactly trace the road's history, it is believed to have started from Tsubaichi, a marketplace famous in traditional courtship songs, and continue through Miwa, tomb of emperors Keiko and Sujin, and then northward from Isonokami-jingu shrine. Much of the road is designated as part of the Tokai Nature Trail. It runs for 12km from Kanaya in Sakurai to Isonokami shrine in Tenri, providing well-kept glimpses of the past and conveying the spirit of the ancient poems. Old shrines and temples, kofun tumuli, stone Uchiyama-EikyujiUchiyama-Eikyuji TempleTemple RuinsRuins monuments inscribed with poems and historical places appear along the way, inviting travelers into an ancient illusionary world. 未通女等が 袖布留山の瑞垣の 久し 石上 布留の神杉 神びにし 我やさら さとはあれて 人はふりにし やどなれ き時ゆ 思ひき吾は さら恋にあひにける や庭もまがきも秋ののらなる otomera ga / sodefuru yama no / isonokami / furu no kamusugi / kamubi- sato wa arete / hito wa furi ni shi / yado nare ya / niwa mo magaki mo / aki no nora naru YamanobeYamanobe RRoadoad sstonetone markersmarkers mizugaki no / hisashiki toki yu / omoiki ni shi / ware ya sarasara / koi ni ai nikeru ware wa TenrikyoTenrikyo ChurchChurch Yamanobe Road When I was young, I fell in love a few times, and it was Is it because the village is falling into HeadquartersHeadquarters stone markers Just like Isonokami-jingu shrine has painful. I grew old like the cedar that has stood at ruins, and the people who live here stood at the foot of this mountain for a have gotten old? Gardens and fences Kintetsu/JRKintetsu/JR Isonokami-jingu shrine for so many years, and I thought TenriTenri StationStation long time, so I have long loved you. I wouldn't love anymore, but I've fallen in love again. look desolate, like an autumn field. Man'yoshu, poem 4-501 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Man'yoshu, poem 10-1927 by unknown poet Kokin Wakashu, part 4, poem on autumn by Sojo Henjo Isonokami-JinguIsonokami-Jingu ShrineShrine うち山 や とざましらず の 花ざかり 月待て 嶺こへけりと聞くままに あはれよ 山の辺の道ははるけく野路の上に 乙 uchiyama ya / tozama shirazu no / ふかき はつかりの声 木の鳥居 朱に立つ見ゆ OOuteruter ggardensardens ooff sshrinehrine hana zakari tsuki machite / mine koe keri to / kiku mama yamanobe no / michi wa harukeku / nomichi ni / aware yo fukaki / hatsukari no koe no ue ni / otogi no torii / ake ni tatsu miyu Today, when I visited Uchiyama-Eikyuji temple, it was wonderfully filled with Walking down the mountain path waiting for the Yamanobe Road continues forever. cherry blossoms. Only local people moon to appear, my companion said, "I've crossed Is it the bright scarlet torii gate of know about this cherry tree, not the that peak". The moon hasn't come out yet, but the Yatogi-jinja shrine in Otogi village outsiders. voice of a wild goose is faint in the night. that can be seen from so far away? NishiyamaNishiyama KofunKofun Yamato Pilgrimage, by Matsuo Basho in Furuhoraku 30shu,by Tooichi Tootada By Hirose Toho Uchiyama-EikyujiUchiyama-Eikyuji TempleTemple RuinsRuins あしひきの 山 川の 瀬 の 響るなべ に 衾道を引手の山に妹を置きて山路 えにしあれや 長岳寺の法の水 むす 弓月が嶽に 雲立ち渡る を行けば 生けりともなし ぶ庵も ほど近き身は Sloped road ashihiki no / yamakawa no se no / naru nabe fusumaji o / hikite no yama ni / imo o enshi are ya / chogakuji no / nori no mizu / ni / yutsuki ga take ni / kumo tachi wataru okite / yamaji o ikeba / ikeri tomo nashi musubu iori mo / hodo chikaki mi wa NNaraara PPrefecturerefecture HistoricalHistorical andand As the sounds of the rapids in the river After leaving my wife's corpse buried at I have a special affinity for the ArtisticArtistic CultureCulture ComplexComplex that flows down the mountain gets Ryuo Mountain, as I return home by the Buddha of Chogakuji temple, and I Steeply sloped road louder, a cloud arises and moves past mountain road, I feel sad and empty of life. am glad to live so close to it. Yutsukigatake Peak. NishiNishi NorikuraNorikura KofunKofun TenriTenri TourismTourism FarmFarm Man'yoshu, poem 7-1088 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Man'yoshu, poem 2-212 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Hyakugojuban Jika Awase, by Tooichi Tootada HigashiHigashi NorikuraNorikura KofunKofun Sloped road 天下おさまる時を朝夕の 月にも日にも 玉かぎる 夕さり来れば 猟人の 弓月 二古陵に 一人の衛士や ほととぎす 先いのる哉 が嶽に 霞たなびく ni koryo ni / hitori no eji ya / hototogisu tenka osamaru / toki o / asa yuu no / tama kagiru / yuu sari kureba / satsuhito Yatogi-jinjaYatogi-jinja SShrinehrine One guard protects two mausoleums tsuki nimo hi nimo / mazu inoru kana no / yutsuki ga take ni / kasumi tanabiku from long ago. It is a quiet place After taking part in numerous battles, As evening light glimmers, clouds where cuckoo cries. peace is my heartfelt desire. I pray for drift over the moon in a shape of a it to the morning and evening moon hunter's bow. and to the sun. Hyakuban Jika Awase, by Tooichi Tootada Man'yoshu, poem 10-1816 by unknown poet by Takeda Mugaishi Vinyl-sheet TTakenouchiakenouchi aandnd kkayoayo MMoatedoated SSettlementettlement greenhouse あまくもに ちかくひかりて なるかみの うま酒 三 輪 の 山 青 丹よし奈良の山の山のまにい隠るまで道のくまいさかるまで (Tanka addition) 三輪山をしかもかくすか雲 みればかしこ みねばかなしも につばらにも見つつ行かむをしばしばも見さけむ山を心なく雲の隠さふべしや だにも 心あらなむかくさふべしや amakumo ni / chikaku hikarite / narukami uma sake / miwa no yama / aoni yoshi / nara no yama no / yama no mani / miwa yama o / shikamo kakusu ka / kumodani no / mireba kashiko / mineba kanashimo ikakuru made / michi no kuma / isakaru made ni / tsubara nimo / mitsutsu ikamu mo / kokoro aranamu / kakuso beshi ya o / shibashiba mo / misakemu yama o / kokoro naku / kumo no kakuso beshi ya Like lightning and thunder that rumbles Why do the clouds hide the reluctant Mt. through the clouds, meeting that person My Dear Mt. Miwa! The mountain that I often think of because I long to see it again, Miwa so much? Whatever people are like, makes me feel anxious and I shouldn't get searching for it hidden among the numerous mountains of Nara, with the road to it turning I wish at least the clouds would have a close, but if we cannot meet, I feel sad. and twisting continually. It seems to have been hidden so mercilessly by the clouds. gentle spirit and they would hide you not. Man'yoshu, poem 7-1369 by unknown poet Man'yoshu, poem 1-17 by Princess Nukata Man'yoshu, poem 1-18 by Princess Nukata 三諸のその山なみに子らが手を巻向山 めばたまの夜さり来れば巻向の川音高 巻向の桧原も未だ雲いねば小松が末ゆ はつぎのよろしも しもあらしかも疾き 淡雪流る NishiyamazukaNishiyamazuka KofunKofun mimoro no / sono yamanami ni / nubatama no / yoru sari kureba / makimuku no / hibara mo imada / kumo KKayoayo MMoatedoated SSettlementettlement koraga te o / makimuku yama wa / makimuku no / kawaoto takashimo / ineba / komatsu ga ureyu / awayuki nagaru tsugi no yoroshimo arashi kamo toki Even though the clouds have not yet Mt. Makimuku is near the mountain When the night came, the sounds of reached the cypress plateau of FusumadaFusumada TombTomb range of Mt. Miwa, and the way they Makimuku River have become so loud. I Makimuku, light snow on the tips of are lined up is truly beautiful. wonder if the mountain storm has intensified. pine branches falls as if flowing. Man'yoshu, poem 7-1093 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Man'yoshu, poem 7-1101 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Man'yoshu, poem 10-2314 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro NenbutsujiNenbutsuji TempleTemple NakayamaNakayama OtsukaOtsuka KofunKofun 巻 向の山 邊とよみて行く水のみなあわ あしひきの 山かも高き巻 向 の岸の小 松 あしひきの 山 川の 瀬 のなるなべ に弓月 Cobblestones の如し世の人われは にみ雪降りけり が嶽に雲立ち渡る makimuku no / yamabe to yomite / ashihiki no / yama kamo takaki / ashihiki no / yamagawa no se no / naru nabe yuku mizu no / mina awa no gotoshi / makimuku no / kishi no komatsu ni / ni / yutsuki ga take ni / kumo tachi wataru yo no hito ware wa miyuki furi keri As the sounds of the rapids in the Just like water flows confidently and noisily Oh, snow is starting to fall on the small pine river that flows down the mountain down the river along the foothills of Makimuku, trees on the cliffs of Mt. Makimuku. It must be gets louder, a cloud arises and ChogakujiChogakuji TempleTemple that is what we are as living beings. because it is higher here than on the plain. moves past Yutsukigatake Peak. Man'yoshu, poem 7-1269 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Man'yoshu, poem 10-2313 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Man'yoshu, poem 7-1088 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro KurozukaKurozuka KofunKofun TenriTenri CityCity TrailTrail CenterCenter 鳴神の音のみ聞きし巻向の桧原の山を 神山の山邊真蘇木綿みじか木綿かくの 痛足河、河波立ちぬ巻目の由槻が嶽に 今日見つるかも み故に長くと思ひき 雲居立てるらし Cobblestones narukami no / oto nomi kikishi / miwa yama no / yamabe maso yufu mijika anashi gawa / kawa nami tachinu / makimoku TombTomb ofof (Sloped road) makimuku no / hibara no yama o / kyo EmperorEmperor SujinSujin yufu / kaku nomi yue ni / nagaku to omoiki no / yutsuki ga take ni / kumo i tateru rashi mitsuru kamo The length of fabric made from ramie of the The waters of Anashi River are I had only heard of its thunderous reputation, mountains around Mt. Miwa is short. In the same rippled. It seems that clouds are but today, at last, I saw the mountain on the way, the life of Princess Toochi was