Anecdotes of Oyasama 50
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Anecdotes of Oyasama 50 presents the contents of "Kosuke and Suma," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears between page 43 and 44 of the print edition.
Text: English translation and original Japanese
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50. Kosuke and Suma Kiku Masui took her daughter, Masu (who later became Suma Murata) to visit Kiku's parents for three days in March 1877 for the rendo[1] and returned home on the twentieth. Masu was unable to get up the next morning because of a severe headache. Her mother scolded her in her effort to train her properly, so she finally got up. She still didn't feel well the following morning, the twenty-second. So Masu wanted to return to the Residence. After receiving permission, she left her home in Izushichijo Village at eight o'clock in the morning, and reached the Residence at about ten o'clock. When Oyasama saw her, She said:
Although this was totally unexpected, Masu answered Oyasama's words with, "Yes, thank you." Then Oyasama said:
So Masu returned to her home in Izushichijo Village on the same day and told her brother about the proposal. By that time her headache had disappeared completely. As this was God's request, Isaburo decided to comply early the next morning. So he returned to the Residence on the morning of the following day, the twenty-third, and was received by Oyasama, who said:
Isaburo gratefully said, "Thank you very much," and returned to Izushichijo Village. When Ie Murata of Senzai returned to the Residence the next day, the twenty-fourth, Oyasama questioned her:
Ie replied, "Thank you very much." Then Oyasama told her:
On the morning of the twenty-sixth, four members of the Masui family returned to the Residence. They were mother Kiku, elder brother and his wife, and Masu. They brought several dishes of dainty foods that were prepared and packed in a nest of boxes. From Senzai, Kamematsu (who was twenty-six years old at that time) and his parents, Koyemon and Ie, his wife, returned to the Residence with sweet rice wine and several dishes in a nest of boxes. In Oyasama's room in the South Gatehouse, Oyasama first sipped the sweet rice wine, and then Kamematsu and Masu shared the rest of it from the same cup.
Oyasama told Masu. As Masu received the name "Suma" from Oyasama at that time, she was so renamed. Later, in 1879, Kamematsu received the name "Kosuke" from Oyasama and was thus also renamed.
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五〇 幸助とすま 明治十年三月のこと。桝井キクは、娘のマス（註、後の村田すま）を連れて、三日間生家のレンドに招かれ、二十日の日に帰宅したが、翌朝、マスは、激しい頭痛でなかなか起きられない。が、厳しくしつけねば、と思って叱ると、やっと起きた。が、翌二十二日になっても、未だ身体がすっきりしない。それで、マスは、お屋敷へ詣らせて頂こう、と思って、許しを得て、朝八時伊豆七条村の家を出て、十時頃お屋敷へ到着した。すると、教祖は、マスに、
と、仰せになった。マスは、突然の事ではあったが、教祖のお言葉に、「はい、有難うございます。」 と、お答えした。すると、教祖は、
と、仰せられたので、その日は、そのまま伊豆七条村へもどって、兄の伊三郎にこの話をした。その頃には、頭痛は、もう、すっきり治っていた。 それで、伊三郎は、神様が仰せ下さるのやから、明早朝伺わせて頂こう、ということになり、翌二十三日朝、お屋敷へ帰って、教祖にお目にかからせて頂くと、教祖は、
と、仰せになったので、伊三郎は、「有難うございます。」 と、お礼申し上げて、伊豆七条村へもどった。 翌二十四日、前栽の村田イヱが、お屋敷へ帰らせて頂くと、教祖は、
と、仰せになったので、イヱは、「有難うございます。」 と、お答えした。すると、教祖は、
と、仰せ下された。 二十六日の朝、桝井の家からは、いろいろと御馳走を作って重箱に入れ、母のキクと兄夫婦とマスの四人が、お屋敷へ帰って来た。 前栽からは、味醂をはじめ、いろいろの御馳走を入れた重箱を持って、親の幸右衞門、イヱ夫婦と亀松（註、当時二十六才）が、お屋敷へ帰って来た。 そこで、教祖のお部屋、即ち中南の間で、まず教祖にお盃を召し上がって頂き、そのお流れを、亀松とマスが頂戴した。教祖は、
と、お言葉を下された。 この時、マスは、教祖からすまと名前を頂いて、改名し、亀松は、後、明治十二年、教祖から幸助と名前を頂いて、改名した。
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