Ihara Saikaku Death Poem Monument

Saikaku’s farewell poem

This is the site where Ihara Saikaku, a famous poet and a writer of Ukiyozoshi (a kind of novel) at Edo Period, passed away. There is a monument of his farewell poem, but unfortunately I couldn’t read...

Saikaku’s farewell poem

This is the site where Ihara Saikaku, a famous poet and a writer of Ukiyozoshi (a kind of novel) at Edo Period, passed away. There is a monument of his farewell poem, but unfortunately I couldn’t read...

with the phrase

Original Text

It is a short walk from Tanimachi 4-chome station. It is said that after the end of Saikaru Ihara, who is famous as the author of Ukiyozoshi and Ningyo Joruri, it is not pinpoint. There are phrases on the stone monument, but honestly I can't read them at all. This kind of thing deteriorates over time, so it's easier to understand if it's written on the signboard.

with the phrase

Original Text

It is a short walk from Tanimachi 4-chome station. It is said that after the end of Saikaru Ihara, who is famous as the author of Ukiyozoshi and Ningyo Joruri, it is not pinpoint. There are phrases on the stone monument, but honestly I can't read them at all. This kind of thing deteriorates over time, so it's easier to understand if it's written on the signboard.

To that point, to the monument of Saikaku Ihara's death!

Original Text

However, I came without knowing anything. There is a stone monument, but I can't read what it says and I don't know anything more, but in any case it's probably a "poem composed when people leave the world." Next to Ihara Saikaru? There is "Ihara Saikaru End Land" next to it. Please visit together.