Iyo Onsen - Iyo no Yu

Japanese: 伊予温湯 - いよのゆ
Iyo Onsen - Iyo no Yu

...It is said to be the oldest hot spring in Japan. It is called Iyo no Yu or Nigitatsu no Iwayu, and in the Iyo no Kuni Fudoki (a fragment of the topography of Iyo Province) there is a story that Sukunabikona (Sukunabikona) was cured of his illness in this hot spring, and that Prince Shotoku, who visited the hot spring, erected a monument (Iyo Dogo Onsen Monument) on Yuoka, or Isaniwa no Oka. The Manyoshu contains a long poem by Yamabe no Akahito about this hot spring, and the word "Iyo no Yugeta" appears in the Tale of Genji, so it has been a famous hot spring since ancient times.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Iyo Onsen" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本最古の温泉といわれる。伊予温湯(いよのゆ),熟田津石湯(にぎたつのいわゆ)とよばれ,《伊予国風土記》逸文には宿奈毗古那(少彦名)(すくなびこな)命がこの湯で病を癒したという話や,来湯した聖徳太子が湯岡,すなわち伊社爾波(伊佐爾波)岡(いさにわのおか)に碑(伊予道後温泉碑文)を建てたという話がみえる。《万葉集》にはこの温泉を詠んだ山部赤人の長歌が載り,また《源氏物語》には〈伊予の湯桁〉の語がみえ,古来,著名な温泉であった。…

※「伊予温湯」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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