A poem composed during the year when the Ise Shrine was renewed.[i]
神風やあさひの宮のみやうつしかげのどかなる世にこそ有りけれ
kamikaze ya asahi no miya no miya utsushi kage nodokanaru yo ni koso arikere
Divine winds blow O’er the shrine with the morning sun, The shrine reflecting A light as tranquil As the world![ii]
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[i] The Grand Shrine at Ise was demolished and rebuilt approximately every twenty years. The occasion Sanetomo is referring to here took place in the Ninth Month, Jōgen 3 [1209] (Higuchi 2016, 188).
[ii] See: In reply. 神風やいすずかは浪かずしらずすむべきみよに又かへりこん kamikaze ya / isuzukawanami / kazu shirazu / sumubeki miyo ni / mata kaerikon ‘Divine winds blow / Waves upon the Isuzu River / In numbers unknown, / So bright this age that / Ever will I return.’ Supernumerary Master of the Crown Prince’s Household Kintsugu (Shinkokinshū XIX: 1874)
Composed for the Palace Poetry Match in Shōryaku 2 [1078].
君が世はつきじとぞおもふかみかぜやみもすそ川のすまむかぎりは
kimi ga yo wa tsukiji to zo omou kamikaze ya mimosusogawa no sumamu kagiri wa
My Lord’s reign Shall never end, I feel! While beneath the divine winds The Mimosuso River[i] Is clear!
Minister of Justice Tsunenobu
[i] The Mimosuso River (mimosugawa 御裳濯川) is the name given to the Isuzu River (isuzugawa 五十鈴川) as it flows past the Grand Shrine of Ise, which is dedicated to the ancestral deity of the imperial house, Amaterasu ōmikami 天照大神.
