Manyo Town Mama and Japanese Poets

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Manyo Town Mama and Japanese Poets

Mama in Katsushika was described in some Japanese poems in Manyoshu (Myriad Leaves), and many poets have written Mama in their works since then. In Edo period, Hiroshige painted Mama in his work 'Edo Meisho Hyakkei' (the 100 best scenic places in Edo), and Mama was introduced as one of the best spots in Edo in Edo Meisho Zue (a guide book of Edo), Issa Kobayashi, a famous haiku poet, and Mitsukuni Mito, a famous lord and a relative of Tokugawa Shogun Family, visited. In early 20th century, many people loved and lived in Mama, many writers such as Rohan Koda, Shotaro Yasuoka, Hakushu Kitahara and Kafu Nagai lived and wrote memories of Mama and Ichikawa city. In this page, some Japanese poems including tanka and haiku poems written by Shiki Masaoka, Hakushu Kitahara, Sachiyo Ito, Kafu Nagai, etc and on Manyoshu are introduced.
Why don't you visit Mama in Ichikawa city?

The Stone Tablets in Mamasan Guhoji Temple

真間寺で　斯う拾いしよ　散紅葉　　　　　小林一茶
'Mamadera de ko hiroi shiyo chiri momiji' by Issa Kobayashi
梨咲くと　葛飾の野はとのぐもり　　　　　水原秋櫻子
'Nashi sakuto katsushika no no wa tono gumori' by Shuoushi Mizuhara
まさをなる　空よりしだれざくらかな　　　富安風生
'Masawo naru sora yori shidarezakura kana' by Fusei Tomiyasu

The Stone Tablet in Tekona Reishindo Shrine

ふるさとの山静かなる師走かな　　吉田冬葉
'Furusato no yama shizuka naru shiwasu kana' by Toyo Yoshida

Shiki Masaoka

真間寺や枯木の中の仁王門　　　　　全集2巻p381
Mamadera ya kareki no naka no niomon
冬枯やはるかに見ゆる真間の寺　　　全集13巻p606
Fuyu gare ya haruka ni miyuru Mama no tera

Hakushu Kitahara

蓮の池埋めてまま食ふ真間の寺南無妙法蓮華経今の日蓮　　　全集32巻p3～51
Hasu no ike umete mama kuu Mama no tera nanmyohorengekyo ima no Nichiren
山かげの真間の庵の白つつじにほへる妹と夜を楽しめり　　　全集7巻p153
Yamakage no Mama no iori no shiro tsutsuji nioeru imo to yoru wo tanoshimeri
蛍飛ぶ真間の小川の夕闇にえびすくふ子か水音立つるは　　　亀井院内歌碑
Hotaru tobu Mama no ogawa no yuyami ni ebi sukuu ko ga mizu oto tatsuru wa

Sachio Ito

古寺の庫裏くれ近く庭を寒みかくろき土に梅の花咲く　　　　　全集1巻p543
Koji no kuri kure chikaku niwa wo sami ka kuroki tsuchi ni ume no hana saku

Kafu Nagai

思はずもまた見る真間の桜ばなさすらひの日も三年過ぎたり
Omowazu mo mata miru Mama no sakurabana sasurai no hi mo sannen sugitari

Nichiren

ここに人を渡しはてんとせしほどにわが身はもとのままの継ぎ橋
koko ni hito wo watasi wa tento seshi hodo ni waga mi wa moto no mama no tsugihashi

Dokan Ota

武士のいくさの場の勝しかや国はこころのままの継ぎはし
Mononofu no ikusaba no Katsushika ya kuni wa kokoro no Mama no Tsugihashi

Sang by Kamo no Chomei in Chomeiki and Fuboku Waka Shu

こものはにすだく蛍のほのぼのとたどりぞわたるままの継橋
Komo no ha ni sudaku hotaru no honobonoto tadori zo wataru Mama no Tsugihashi
かつしかやかはぞひうつぎさきしよりなみよりかよふままのつぎはし
Katsushika ya kawazoi utsugi sakishi yori nami yori kayou Mama no Tsugihashi
かつしかやかはそひうつきさきぬらし浪よりつたふままのつぎはし
Katsushika ya kawasohi utsuki sakinurasi nami yori tsutau Mama no Tsugihashi

Sang by Fujiwara no Teika / Teika Fujiwara

わすれられぬままのつぎ橋思ひねにかよひしかたは夢にみえつつ
Wasure rarenu Mama no Tsugihashi omoine ni yoishikata wa yume ni mie tsutsu

Sang by Minamoto no Sanetomo the 3rd Shogun of Kamakura Bakufu

かち人のわたればゆるぐかつしかのままのつぎはし朽ちやしぬらん
Kachihito no watareba yurugu Katsushika no Mama no Tshugihashi kuchi ya shinu ran

Komeimitsuji Nyudo Sessho

かつしかやままの井づつのかげばかりさらぬ思ひのあとを恋ひつつ
Katsushika ya Mama no Izutsu no kage bakari saranu omoi no ato wo koitsutsu

Shin Chokusen : The new collection of poems by Imperial command

勝鹿やむかしのままの継橋をわすれずわたるはがすみかな　　慈円
Katsushika ya mukashi no Mama no Tsugihashi wo wasurezu wataru hagasumi kana by Jien

Fugashu

五月雨に越え行く波はかすしかやかつみかくるる真間の継橋　　雅経
Samidare ni koeiku nami wa Katsusika ya katsumi kakururu Mama no Tsugihashi by Masatsune
かつしかのままの浦風邪吹きにけり夕波越ゆるよどのつぎはし　　朝村
Katsushika no Mama no ura kaze fuki ni keri yunammi koyuru yodo no tsugihashi by Tomomura

Shoku Gosenshu

かつしかの浦間の波のうちつけに見そめし人の恋しきやなぞ　　道隆
Katsushika no Mama no nami no uchituke ni misomeshi hito no koishikiya nazo by Michitaka

Shoku Senzai

くもりなき影もかはらず昔みしままの入り江の秋の夜の月　　為教
Kumori naki kage mo kawarazu mukashi mishi Mama no irie no aki no yo no tsuki by Tamenori

Fubokusho

かつしかの真間の浦わの沖つ洲にあけのそほ舟からろおすなり　　俊頼
Katsushika no Mama no wra wa no okitsushima ni ake no sohofune kara ro osu nari by Toshiyori
汀なる蘆のしをれ葉吹きさやぎ氷もよほすままの浜風　　　為家
Migiwa naru ashi no siworeha fuki sayagi koori moyoosu Mama no hamakaze by Tameie
かりそめのままの入り江の玉がしはそことばかりの行くへだになし　　光俊
Karisome no Mama no irie no tama gashi wa soko to bakari no yukue da ni nashi by Mitsutoshi
わすれじなままの入り江のみをつくし朽ちなば袖のしるしとも見よ　　作者不詳
Wasureji na Mama no irie no miwotsukushi kuchinaba sode no shirushi tomo miyo

Shimousa no Kuni Ourai Ka : The poem to visit Shimousa Province

葛飾の真間の手児奈をまことかもわれに寄すとふ真間の手児奈を　　作者不詳
Katsushika no Mama no Tekona wo makoto kamo ware ni yosu tou Mama no Tekona wo

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From Manyoshu : Myriad Leaves

Poems by Mushimara Takahashi

Mushimaro Takahashi wrote a poem describing a beautiful girl at Mama with a tanka poem below.
鶏が鳴く　吾妻の国に　古にありける事と　今までに　絶えず言い来る　勝鹿の　真間の手児奈が　麻衣に　青衿着け　直さ麻を　裳に織着て　髪だにも　掻きは梳らず　履をだに　穿かず行けども　錦綾の　中につつめる　斎児も　妹に如かめや　望月の　満れる面わに　花の如　笑みて立てれば　夏蟲の　火に入るが如　水門入りに　船漕ぐ如く　行きがぐれ　人のいふ時　いくばくも　生けらじものを　何すとか　身をたな知りて　波の音の　騒ぐ湊の　奥津城に　妹が臥せる　遠き世に　ありける事を　昨日しも　見けむが如も　思ほゆるかも（巻９―１８０７）
勝鹿の真間の井を見れば立ち平し水汲ましけむ手児奈し思ほゆ　反歌（巻９―１８０８）

Poems by Akahito Yamabe

Akahito Yamabe wrote a poem with a tanka poem while passing through the tomb of the beautiful girl at Mama in Katsushika.
古に　在りけむ人の　倭文幡の　帯解きかへて　伏屋立て　妻問しけむ　葛飾の真間の手児名が　奥つ城を　こことは聞けど　真木の葉や　茂りたるらむ　松が根や遠く久しき言のみも　名のみもわれは　忘らゆまし。（巻３―４３１）
われも見つ人にも告げむ葛飾の真間の手児名が奥津城處　反歌（巻３―４３２）
葛飾の真間の入江にうちなびく玉藻刈りけむ手児名し思ほゆ（巻―４３３）

Unknown

足の音せず行かむ駒もが葛飾の真間の継橋やまず通わむ
Ashi no oto sezu ikamu koma mo ga Katsushika no Mama no Tsughihashi yamazu kayowazu
葛飾の真間の浦廻を漕ぐ舟の舟人騒ぐ波立つらしも
Katsushika no Mama no urama o kogu fune no funabito sawagu nami tatsu rashimo
葛飾の真間の手児名がありしかば真間の於須比に波もとどろに
Katsushika no Mama no Tekona ga arishika ba Mama no osuhi ni nami mo todoro ni

参考及び抜粋
市川市ホームページ
「万葉集の真間の手児奈の歌」真間史蹟保存会案内板より
市川市作成案内版より真間の継橋脇歌碑
市川市図書館ホームページ
真間の継橋案内板
講談社「子規全集」
岩波書店「白秋全集」
岩波書店「左千夫全集」
岩波書店「新版　断腸亭日乗　第六巻」
ちくま学芸文庫「江戸名所図会６」
ホビット社「勝鹿図志手ぐり舟」
ウィッキペディア
※　Please check translations on some books written in your words

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The Location and Access to Mamasan Guhoji Temple

Mamasan Guhoji Temple and Manyo no Sato

The map near Mamasan Guhoji

PDF of the map around Mamasan Guhoji and Satomi Park

Mamasan Guhoji Temple has great accessibilities from both Narita and Haneda International Airport.
From Narita International Airport, take Keisei-line and get off Ichikawamama Sta or Konodai Sta, take minimally 45 minutes from Narita Airport. And also take JR Sobu-express line, transfer the line at Funabashi to Keisei-line, get off Ichikawamama Sta or Konodai Sta.
From Haneda International Airport, take Keikyu-line bound to Narita, and get off Ichikawamama Sta or Konodai Sta.
Take 10 minute walk from both Ichikawamama Sta or Konodai Sta.