Odd placement, not easy to find, needs better care.
Nikko was an important stop, the 5th station, on Basho's Journey to the Deep North, and there are supposed to be four Basho monuments here, though only two are mapped on the "Nikko Historical Walking ...
Odd placement, not easy to find, needs better care.
Nikko was an important stop, the 5th station, on Basho's Journey to the Deep North, and there are supposed to be four Basho monuments here, though only two are mapped on the "Nikko Historical Walking ...
裏見の滝を詠んだ句
芭蕉が、日光の裏見の滝へ立ち寄った時に詠んだ句「しばらくは 滝にこもそや 夏(げ)の初め」が刻まれています。 90日間部屋から一歩も出ずに籠る僧侶の修行”夏籠り(げごもり)”に擬えて、「しばらく滝の裏に籠れば、轟く水音のみを聞いて雑念が払われ、まるで夏籠もりの初めのようだ」との心境を吐露した句だそうです。 昭和31年、安良沢小学校創立記念に建立されたものですが、碑は刻印が浅く、説明板は経年劣化...