Sumisaka

Japanese: 墨坂 - すみさか

An ancient place name west of Haibara-cho, Nara Prefecture. A place name legend appears in the Jinmu-Sokui Pre-Chronicle in the Nihon Shoki, which says that the name Sumisaka arose from a place where charcoal fires were placed on a key route to prevent the Emperor's army from advancing into the center of Yamato. There is also a story that Emperor Sujin was told in a dream to worship Sumisaka-no-kami with a red shield and spear. During the Jinshin War, it was on Sumisaka that General Otomo Fukei of Tenmu's side was defeated in the Battle of Narayama and encountered reinforcements from Ise.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

奈良県榛原町西方の古代地名。《日本書紀》の神武即位前紀に地名説話がみえ，大和の中心部へ天皇の軍隊が進攻するのを阻止するために要路の一部に焃炭（おこしずみ）が置かれた所に墨坂の名が起こったとある。また崇神天皇が夢の中で赤い盾と矛で墨坂神をまつれとのお告げを受けたとの話もみえる。壬申の乱のときに天武側の将軍大伴吹負（おおとものふけい）が乃楽山（ならやま）の戦で敗走し，伊勢からの援軍と遭遇したのもこの墨坂である。

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