was a ''
ryuka'' poet who was born in
Onna, Okinawa
is a List of villages in Japan, village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa, Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2013, the village had an estimated population of 10,443 and a population density of 210 persons per km². The tota ...
, and lived in the 18th century.
About Onna Nabe
Eisho Miyagi thought she had some spiritual power, and she danced as a religious person.
Ryuka
Original text
:恩納 松下に 禁止の碑 たちゅす 恋 しのぶまでぃの 禁止や ないさめ
:恩納岳 あがた 里が 生まれ島 もりも おしのけてぃ こがたなさな
:波の 声もとまれ 風の 声もとまれ 首里天がなし 美御機 拝ま
Transliteration
:''Unna Matyuisitani Tijunufenu Tachusu Kui Shinubumadinu Tijiya Naisami''
:''Unnadaki Agata Satoga Umarijima Morimo Oshinuketi Kugatanasana''
:''Naminu Kuemotomare Kazenu Kuemotomare Shuitinganashi Miunki Ogama''
Translation
:There stands a notice board of forbidding something under a pine tree of Onna Village. I hope the authorities are not forbidding affection between man and woman
:Over
Mount Onna
is a mountain in Onna Village, Okinawa. It is the highest point in central Okinawa, standing at . The village of Onna was named after the mountain during the Gusuku period
often refers to castles or fortresses in the Ryukyu Islands that featur ...
, there is a village where my lover lives. I would like to push away the woods, and draw the village near to me
:Be quiet, the sea waves. Be quiet, the sounds of the wind, Everyone. Bow the King and see his face
Ryuka on Onna Nabe
Original text
:間暮の 空に 立ちゅる 恩納岳
しばし 眺めゆん なべゆ 思てぃ
*
明仁
:''
[Nihon Shodō 992:13/ref>''
Transliteration
:''Yumanguwinu Shurani Tachuru Unnadaki''
:''Shibashi Nagameyun Nabeyu Umuti''
Translation
:]Mount Onna
is a mountain in Onna Village, Okinawa. It is the highest point in central Okinawa, standing at . The village of Onna was named after the mountain during the Gusuku period
often refers to castles or fortresses in the Ryukyu Islands that featur ...
stands clearly against the darkening sky
:I watch it for some time, thinking of Onna Nabe (Akihito
is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 7 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. He presided over the Heisei era, ''Heisei'' being an expression of achieving peace worldwide.
Bo ...
, 1987)
Footnotes
References
*Kei Higa ''Okinawa Encyclopedia'' 1983, Okinawa Times, Naha, jou, chu, ge.
*Munekatsu Yaka ''Ryukyu Bungaku, Folklore studies on Ryuka'' 1995 Kindai Bungeisha, Tokyo.
**屋嘉宗克 琉球文学 琉歌の民俗学的研究 1995 近代文芸社 東京
*Nihon Shodō Bijutukan, ''Ryuka, the heart of songs of the Southern Island'', 1992, Nihonshodou Shuppankyoukai, Tokyo.
**日本書道美術館 琉歌ー南島のうたの心、1992, 日本書道出版協会、東京
External links
Ryuka
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Ryukyuan people
People of the Ryukyu Kingdom