　　雷公は菅公なりき菜種御供*

　　黒髪に菜の花挿して道真忌

　　執念で飛び来る梅や天満宮**

　　平安を乱してきょうの菜種御供***

【*註】菅原道真の命日である2月25日、京都北野天満宮では魂鎮めの祭祀がおこなわれる。大小二鉢の神供と香立瓶子を供える。古くはこの瓶子に菜種の花を挿したので菜種御供の名がある。祭人は衣冠に菜種を挿す。また、菜種のかわりに梅の花を用いるようにもなり、梅花御供とも称される。

【**註】菅原道真が左大臣藤原時平の讒言にあって福岡太宰府に流されるとき、愛でていた邸内の梅に寄せて「東風吹かば匂い起こせよ梅の花あるじなしとて春な忘れそ」と詠んだ。梅は道真を慕って天空を太宰府天満宮に飛んだという伝説がる。「飛梅（とびうめ）」と称され、太宰府天満宮の神木である。

【***註】自分の句を解説するのもどうかと思うが、「きょう」と仮名で書いたのは「今日」と「京」を掛けたのである。「平安」は、文字どおり「平安」と「平安京」を掛けた。なお、菅原道真の恨みの執念は雷と化して京の都を恐怖に陥れたのであった。

【Haiku】

Feburuary 25th is the anniversaey of Sugawara no
Michizane's death. (845-903)

Kan-kō no aizou hanare te Baikagoku

Baikago ku *
Away from Lord Sugawara's
Love and hate

Rai-kō wa Kan-kō nariki Natanegoku

Lord Thunder's the incarnate fiend
Of Lord Sugawara no Michizane
The soul-quenching ritual Natanegoku

Wearing a rape blossoms
On black hair
The anniversary of Sir Michizane's death

Syunen dè tobi kuru umé ya Tenmagū

The plum tree

To the Tenmagu Shrine

Heian wo midasi tè kyō no Natanegoku

Disturbing peace***
The Capital Heian
But today's Natanegoku

【*Note】On February 25, the anniversary of
no Michizane 's death, a soul-quenching ritual will be
held at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in Kyōto. Offering up
two large and small bowls and incense bottles to gods.
In the olden days, rapeseed flowers were inserted into
this bottle, so it has the name of the Natanegoku
(Offering rapeseed). The festival person inserts a rape-
seed flower in the crown of the full court dress of tradi-
tional fashion. In addition, plum blossoms have come
to be used instead of rapeseed flower, and it is also
called the Baikagoku (Offering plum blossoms).

【**Note】When Sugawara no Michizane was exilede to
Fukuoka Dazaifu in the slander of the Minister of the
Left, Fujiwara no Tokihira , he said to his beloved plum
tree in his residence, "Eastern wind blows, when you,
the plum blossoms, will be fragrant in spring, don't
forget me but altough I leave you." There is a legend
that the plum tree flew to the Dazaifu Tenmangu in
the sky in love with Sir Michizane. It is called " Tobiume
(Flying Plum tree)" and is a sacred tree of the Dazaifu
Tenmangu Shrine.

【***Note】I think it would be not good to explain my
own haiku, but I wrote Japanese " kyō " in pseudonym by
multipluing " kyō (today)" and " Kyō (Kyōto ; the Capital
Kyō). And, " Heian " is literally multiplied by " heian
(peace)" and " Heiankyō (the Capital Kyō)". In addition,
Sugawara no Michizane 's obsession with resentment
turned into thunder and terrorized the Capital Kyō .

Tadami Yamada

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