Ofudesaki 08:064–5

Ofudesaki
Author: Miki Nakayama Date Published: 1998 Pages: 486 (English ed.) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Part 14 Part 15 Part 16 Part 17 unnumbered set

Ofudesaki 08:064–5 is a set of verses from the Ofudesaki.

The English translation below is the sixth edition translation.

Content

On however high a place you may be,	dono yō na takai tokoro to yūta tote	とのよふな　たかいところと　ゆうたとて
everyone is a child of Tsukihi.	Tsukihi no tā ni mina waga ko ya de	月日のたあに　みなわがこやで

Knowing nothing of it, you try to stop your Parent’s work,	sore shirazu Oya no suru koto sashi-tomete	それしらず　をやのする事　さしとめて
even to take things away. What manner is this?	mata tori-harote kore wa ikaga zo	またとりはろて　これハいかゞぞ

Alternate English translations

Third Edition

However high your position may be, for Me, Tsukihi, you are all My children.

Knowing nothing about this truth, they have not only prohibited the working of the Parent but demolished the facilities for worship. How oppressive it is!

Inoue/Eynon

On however high a place you may be, everyone is a child of Tsuki-Hi.

Knowing nothing of it, you try to stop your Parent’s work, even to take things away. What manner is this?

Commentary

Ofudesaki chushaku

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8:64, 65 No matter how high a position one may be in, all human beings are all My beloved children. Nevertheless, what is this that you stop and even ban the actions of your Parent? *Note: On 11/15/1874 (lunar), the prefectural shrine authorities summoned Oyasama to Yamamura Palace where She underwent an interrogation. On the following 17th, followers Chusaku Tsuji, Ichibei Matsuo, and Gisaburo Nakata were summoned to the local Chukyoin, told that there was no god named Tenri-O-no-Mikoto, and were ordered to stop their faith. On top of this, gohei, mirrors, and other articles were confiscated from the Residence. This is a verse that expresses Oyagami’s severe anger over these incidents. Refer to notes for 5:56, 57, 6:70, and 8:5.

『おふでさき註釈』、p. 138 六四、六五、どのような身分の高い者でも、人間は皆、親神から見れば可愛いい我が子供である。然るに、この事を知らずに親の為る事を差し止めて、その上取り払いまでするとは、一体どんな＾量見か。 註　明治陰暦十一月十五日、県の社寺掛からおやさま以下に山村御殿へ出頭求め同所で取調べを為し、続いて十七日中教院から辻、松尾、仲田召喚して、天理王命という神は無い神である、と称して信仰差止めを命じ、その上御幣鏡等まで没収した事に対して、親神様の激しいお怒りをお述べになったお歌である。第五号五六、五七、第六号七〇、本号五、参照。

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