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Mikawa Butterfly Chapter 37 An encounter at the shrine

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    Standing at the foot of an inconspicuous Mount Sarutou, Yamamoto Kansuke introduced Kira Manshomaru: "There are many shrines in Mikawa, but the one that the samurai family worships the most is Sarutou Shrine. When you come to Kamo County, you must come to Sarutou Shrine.  Sir, let¡¯s go hiking together and take a look.¡± Following the direction pointed by Kansuke Yamamoto, you can indeed see the red torii gate among the green mountains, which is the Sarutou Shrine in Sannomiya, Mikawa Province.  Also known as Sato Shrine.  Ichinomiya refers to the shrine with the highest social status in the region. It is usually called a shrine. It is a shrine in a multi-command state. Although there is no document that stipulates the criteria for selecting a first shrine, it has the function of being a semi-official social status.  The shrine whose social structure is second to that of the first palace is called the second palace, and the shrine whose social structure is second to the first palace is called the third palace. A few shrines with shrines whose social order is second to the first palace also have fourth and fifth palaces.  Walking on the approach road leading to Sarutou Shrine, the road to Daiji Shrine has been the best since ancient times. Even the big shrines in distant countries are not much worse than the streets in Kinki. Among the many shrines in Mikawa Kingdom, there are mainly four major shrines.  , they were rated as the fourth shrine, among which the first shrine is Toshika Shrine, the second shrine is Chiri Shrine, the third shrine is Sarutou Shrine, and the fourth shrine is Ishinomaki Shrine. He is not interested in the question of how to balance the four shrines and who is the first shrine.  This time I was just visiting as an ordinary hiker.  After crossing the torii gate in front of the shrine, we were greeted by the shrine's great blessing. Under the warm reception of the shrine's great blessing, Kira Mansumaru and a group of dozens of people simply drank some cakes at the shrine and then left.  Looking at the scenery inside the Daishu Tourist Shrine, the Sarutou Shrine, which is a local shrine, is actually very small. It seems to be less than one-tenth the size of Honjoji Temple. The "Kojiki" and "Nihonsho" are worshiped in several rooms in twos and threes.  A legendary figure that only appears in "The Chronicles".  The main worship deity is Ousu Ming, also known as Ousui Prince. This Ousui prince is the son of the twelfth generation Emperor Keiyuki. It is said that he died in Mount Sarutou due to bad luck due to being poisoned by snake venom. Then this shrine became  It was established under Emperor Nakaai's decree. Kira Mansatsumaru had always stayed away from this completely unreliable legend about gods and gods. This time, he simply paid homage to the wooden statue and sent a few Yongle coins.  He pays no attention to worshiping gods, but the Yuantou Shrine contains many things that have been enshrined by the ministers and warriors of the past dynasties, such as swords and armors. What is particularly surprising is that it also contains the "Collected Commentary of the Spring and Autumn Classics" and "Collected Commentary of the Analects of Confucius"  , "Annotation of Historical Records" and other important historical books.  Among them are "Emperor Fan" written and published by Li Shimin himself, and "Chen Gui" written and published by Wu Zetian. In addition, there are "Selected Works" from the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Bai Juyi's "Collected Works of the Bai Family" and other famous books.  Most of the books come from the Tang Dynasty, and it can be seen from the side that this shrine is very old.  "It is said that the name of Kamo County came from the leader of Kamo Gozu Shrine. The chief priest of the shrine is a middle-aged man named Kamo. I don't know what it has to do with the Kamo clan in Kyoto." Kira  Wansongmaru was disgusted with this shrine priest who always had a flattering smile on his face, and felt that he didn't look like a shrine priest at all.  Under the urging of Kira Mansomaru, the worship meeting took less than half an hour to complete. Looking at Kamo's unfinished congratulations, he seemed to be having a pleasant chat with Yamamoto Kansuke, but he didn't care what the two of them were talking about.  What's wrong? Now I just want to go back and wash off the dust and sweat on my body. The bangs on my forehead are all stuck to my forehead. This feeling is really terrible.  It had just been raining for less than a day, but the big sun brought back the scorching heat. As he was going down the mountain road, he heard Yamaoka Zenjiro complaining to him in a low voice: "I have been riding a horse all morning on such a hot day.  Is it really okay to go to this Sangu Shrine to worship God after just a few cups of tea? But then again, Atsuta Shrine seems to be only a Sangu Shrine, but it is very famous. This is really strange. I don¡¯t know what these shrines are.  How do you evaluate the one-house system? " Yamaoka Zenjiro was full of complaints, and the horseback crowd following him was naturally complaining. Riding out on such a hot day was not a pleasant thing. Just now, he was thinking of staying.  In the big shrine, I deepened my relationship with the beautiful little witch, and now I was so hot that I almost felt like a water bunny, sticking out my tongue and blowing out air.  Walking down the mountain and walking south along the approach of Sarutou Shrine, I happened to encounter a team of more than 20 people passing by. The leading grandmothers themselves were wearing Wufu waist and hip tachi, and the 20 or so people were riding back with the Kira family's horse.  Everyone got on their horses, and the two teams looked at each other silently and passed each other. It seemed that they were also coming to worship at the Sarutou Shrine, but they looked very strange and I didn't know which Mikawa family they were.  The Kira family's team politely stood on the side of the mountain and waited for the people going up the mountain to pass. It was not until the group of people going up the mountain gradually disappeared into the shrine that Yamamoto Kansuke said: "They are from the Matsudaira family of Kamo County and the Takiwaki Matsudaira family."  "People, these two families are the main force in oppressing the Nakajo family in Kamo County, and most of the more than 20 villages lost by the Nakajo family were taken away by these two families."   "Oh! The Matsudaira Kiyoyasu family, who are said to be able to dominate the world after they are thirty years old, I remember! It seems that the Matsudaira family claims to be the descendant of the Kamo family, right?" Kira Mansomaru suddenly remembered an article about what happened later.  An interesting story about Tokugawa Ieyasu changing his Miao character to Miao. Tokugawa Ieyasu, who called himself Genji, changed his name to the new Miao name Tokugawa. He first claimed to be a descendant of the Tokugawa clan, a branch of the Fujiwara clan, and later called himself the Tokugawa clan, the last descendant of the Seiwa Gen clan's Nitta-ry¨­da-ry¨­da stream.  As a descendant of the Matsudaira family, the tricks involved are really intriguing.  "Yes! The Matsudaira clan is indeed a branch of the Kamo clan in Kyoto. Matsudaira Nobumitsu once served as the judge of Ise Sadachika, the deacon of the shogunate. One year before the Onin Rebellion broke out, he was appointed by Ise Sadachika to go to Mikawa Kingdom to assist Mikawa in guarding Hosokawa Cheng.  "In other words, he managed the public imperial palace after being attacked by the people of Natsuda County, and established the Iwazu Matsudaira clan on this basis." Yamamoto Kansuke gave a concise and comprehensive introduction to the Matsudaira family, which made Kira Manshomaru immediately have a clear understanding of this mysterious Matsudaira family.  understanding.  The entire Kira family despises the Matsudaira family who surrendered and then rebelled, and no one even wants to mention them in the family. However, he has a rough understanding of the Matsudaira family's short family history. In the second year of Ming Dynasty (1493 AD),  The J¨­ family and the magistrates launched the Ino-d¨­ka war against the Iwazu Matsudaira family, but were defeated by the Matsudaira family with four thousand versus two thousand. From then on, the Nakajo family fell into decline.  In the fifth year of Eisho (AD 1508), the Imagawa family army led a large army to attack Iwazu Castle on behalf of Ise Munezui. In the end, due to the unknown expedition of the Mikawa Division and the difficulties in logistical supply and the fatigue of the division's veterans, Matsudaira Nagachichi, who was trapped in the battle to the death, joined forces with Toda of the eight counties.  The clan joined forces and defeated him. This Ise Sorui was Hojo Soun, the first head of the Go-Hojo family.  Although it cannot be proved that Matsudaira Nagauchi has abilities comparable to the first generation governor of the Hojo family just because he defeated Hojo Soun in the teacher's expedition, it is definitely something that the Matsudaira family can boast about. The Kira family dislikes the Matsudaira clan very much, but this is not the case.  Affecting Kira Manshomaru's judgment.  How could we not pay attention to this family that aspires to dominate the world? Unfortunately, the situation within the Matsudaira clan is very complicated. Although there are still several subordinates of the Kira clan, there is little news from within this clan, and the Matsudaira clan has  The old master Kira, whom he once surrendered to, has no old feelings to speak of.  Kira Manshomaru thought for a while and said: "So, the Matsudaira family is indeed from the Kamo family, the Owari Oda family is from the Kibe family, the Suwa family from Suwa County, and the Aso family from Kyushu,  It¡¯s incredible that these people are from the Oishu family, but they can seize territory from their subordinates.¡± The Kira family usually pays homage to its own Mibashu Hachimangu Shrine, and rarely visits other shrines. For these Oishu or palaces.  The samurai family from which Tsukasa was born did not have a good impression, let alone much friendship. For example, this time the Oda family did not sell Owari, which made Oda Nobuhiro very angry.  "Master, you will get used to it gradually in the future." Kansuke Yamamoto smiled at Kira Mansomaru, who looked uninterested, and looked at the setting sun on the horizon: "There are still two hours before the sun sets. We need to go back quickly.  Otherwise Tajima-den will blame me again."
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