Cedar of contention

...There are not many examples. In the "Shinpen Musashi Fudokigo," it is written that the sacred tree of Shirahige Shrine in Tabata, Tokyo, looks like a pine tree from afar, and people argued whether it was a pine tree or a cedar, so it was called the "disputed cedar." It is also said that during Minamoto no Yoritomo's conquest of Oshu, Hatakeyama Shigetada argued with his vassals that this cedar was a pine tree.

*The following is a portion of the glossary that refers to the "Cedars of Strife."

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…例はさほど多くない。《新編武蔵風土記稿》に，東京田端の白鬚（しらひげ）社の神木は遠くから望むと松のように見え，松だ杉だと言い争うということで〈争いの杉〉と呼ぶと記されている。またこの杉は，源頼朝の奥州征伐の際に畠山重忠が松だといって従臣と争ったともいう。…

※「争いの杉」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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