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Matsu no Oroka corridor

Wed, May 13, 2009, by Muza-chan

In the Imperial Palace East Gardens (Kokyo Higashi Gyoen), on the place where today there is a simple alley in a camphor wood, 308 years ago there was a corridor named Matsu no Oroka, part of the Edo Castle.

Imperial Palace Garden

The L-shaped corridor was the second longest in the Castle and was decorated with paintings of pine trees (matsu), hence the name Matsu no Oroka.

Here, Asano Takumi no Kami Naganori, the lord of Ako clan, attacked and wounded Kira Kozuke no Suke Yoshihisa, starting the series of events known as the Story of the Forty-seven Ronin.

Today, just a stone sign and a commemorative plaque reminds us of these events:

Imperial Palace Garden

I rested under the shade of the evergreen camphor trees, trying to imagine the story. For a while, there was silence, but suddenly, a noisy crow started to caw and stopped my meditation. I wanted to punish it, so I hunted it with my camera, and here’s the trophy: :)

Imperial Palace Garden

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Ştiaţi că - Coridorul Matsu no Oroka

În grădina Palatului Imperial din Tokyo, în locul în care astăzi se află o simplă alee într-o pădure de camfor, acum 308 ani era un coridor numit Matsu no Oroka, care făcea parte din Castelul Edo.

Imperial Palace Garden

Era al doilea coridor ca lungime din castel, construit în forma de L şi bogat decorat cu picturi reprezentând pini (matsu), de la care i-a venit şi numele Matsu no Oroka.

În acest loc, Asano Takumi no Kami Naganori l-a atacat şi rănit pe Kira Kozuke no Suke Yoshihisa, declanşând evenimentul rămas în istorie ca Povestea celor 47 de ronini.

Astăzi, doar o piatră şi un panou mai amintesc de evenimentele din trecut:

Imperial Palace Garden

Am stat pe bancă, la umbra arborilor de camfor veşnic verzi, încercând să-mi imaginez întâmplările din trecut. O vreme a fost linişte, apoi un corb obraznic a început să strige, trezindu-mă din meditaţie. Drept pedeapsă, nu am plecat până ce nu l-am vânat… Iată… trofeul: :)

Imperial Palace Garden

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