陽炎や道潅どのの物見塚 kageroo ya Dookan dono no monomizuka heat shimmers - the look-out hill of Ota Dokan Kobayashi Issa In the year 1811 Issa went to visit the temple Hongyo-Ji 本行寺 (Hongyooji) in Arakawa ward, Tokyo (Edo at the time) on Januray 29th. Now there is only a stone memorial where Dokan built his first look-out for enemies. . . . . . In this haiku, Issa pays tribute to Ota Dokan - the Monomizuka must still have existed when he came here. But all the same, a sandhill is not much as the sole remembrance of the founder of Edo and in the summer heat Issa only sees a column of shimmering, hot air. Ad G. Blankestijn, Japan. MORE about Ota Dokan Ōta Dōkan 太田 道灌 1432 - August 25, 1486 founder of Edo castle wkdfestivalsaijiki.blogspot.jp/2011/03/ota-dokan-and-edo.html
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