Takasago

Japanese: 高砂 - たかさご

[1] [noun] ① A high sandy hill. A high sand dune. Also, a mountain. ※Saibaraku (late 7th century-8th century) Takasago "Takasago no, onoue tate" ② Another name for "Takasago yuri (Takasago lily)". [Revised Honsho Komoku Keimo (1847)] [2][1] A place name in southern Hyōgo Prefecture. Developed on the west bank of the mouth of the Kakogawa River. Known as a port town since ancient times. Currently one of the centers of the Harima-Nada industrial region. Takasago Shrine's "Aioi no Matsu" (pine trees of love) and Sone Tenmangu Shrine's "Sone no Matsu" (pine trees of Sone) are located here. Established as a city in 1954. Utamakura (poem pillow). ※Kokin (905-914) Miscellaneous "To those who know me, the pine trees of Takasago are no longer my old friends (Fujiwara no Kofu)" [2] Noh play. Waki Noh play. Various schools. Created by Zeami. Old names: " Aioi" and "Aioi Matsu." On his way to the capital, Tomonari, the chief priest of Asonomiya in Higo Province, was admiring the scenery at Takasago Bay when an elderly couple came and swept the shade of the pine trees clean. They told Tomonari about the reason why the two pines of Takasago and Sumiyoshi are called Aioi Matsu and about the auspicious things about pines, and then left in a boat for the open sea. When Tomonari went to Sumiyoshi, Myojin appeared and performed a divine dance to celebrate the reign of the emperor. It is often sung as a congratulatory song at weddings and other celebratory occasions. [3] The title of a Saibara piece. An extinct piece. [4] The title of various Japanese music pieces based on (2). In Nagauta, it is called "Takasago Tanzen" and "Shinkyoku Takasago". It is called "Takasago Matsu no Dan" in Ichichu-bushi. It is also found in Jiuta, Sokyoku (Yamada school "Takasago", Ikuta school "Shin Takasago"), Kibi-gaku, and Utazawa. [5] Another name for Taiwan. [Kunmo Zui (1666)] [Additional notes] (1) "Godaishu Utamakura-jo" lists examples of poems that mention Takasago as a "general name of a mountain" and examples of Takasago as a "place name", and says, "Takasago no wo no e, people say, Takasago, the general name of a mountain, etc. <Omitted> Takasago is all an ancient theory that refers to a mountain. However, the place name is different." The only way to distinguish between the two is to examine each poem individually, and there are many that cannot be distinguished.
(2) In the "Kokinshu - Preface," Takasago is described as being as famous for its pine trees as well as Suminoe, with the description "The pines of Takasago and Suminoe seem to grow together in harmony." This suggests that the use of pine trees in a poem is related to Takasago as a utamakura.

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙① 砂の高く丘のようになった所。高い砂丘。高まさご。また、山のこと。※催馬楽（７Ｃ後‐８Ｃ）高砂「たかさごの、尾上に立てる」② 「たかさごゆり（高砂百合）」の異名。〔重訂本草綱目啓蒙（1847）〕[2][一] 兵庫県南部の地名。加古川河口の西岸に発達。古来、港町として知られる。現在は播磨灘工業地域の一中心。謡曲「高砂」で知られる高砂神社の「相生(あいおい)の松」や曾根天満宮の「曾根の松」がある。昭和二九年（一九五四）市制。歌枕。※古今（905‐914）雑上「たれをかも知る人にせんたかさごの松も昔の友ならなくに〈藤原興風〉」[二] 謡曲。脇能物。各流。世阿彌作。古名「相生(あいおい)」「相生松」。肥後国阿蘇の宮の神主友成が都に上る途中、高砂の浦で景色をながめていると、老人夫婦がやってきて松の木陰を掃き清める。そして、友成に高砂と住吉の二本の松を相生の松といういわれや松のめでたいことなどを語って、舟に乗って沖に去る。友成が住吉に行くと明神が現われ、御代を祝って神舞を舞う。祝言曲として、結婚式などの祝儀の席でもよくうたわれる。[三] 催馬楽の曲名。廃絶曲。[四] (二)をもとにした種々の邦楽の曲名。長唄では「高砂丹前」「新曲高砂」。一中節「高砂松の段」。地歌、箏曲（山田流「高砂」、生田流「新高砂」）、吉備楽、歌沢にもある。[五] 台湾の別称。〔訓蒙図彙（1666）〕[補注](1)「五代集歌枕‐上」は、「山之惣名」としての高砂を詠んだ歌例と「所名」としての例を並記して、「たかさごのをのへ人伝云、高砂云、山之惣名也云々。〈略〉たかさごとは、すべて山を云と古人説也。しかはあれど所名につきてかはる也」といっている。両者の識別は個々の歌ごとに検討するしかなく、識別できないものも多い。
(2)「古今集‐序」に「たかさご、住之江の松も相生のやうにおぼえ」と住之江と並ぶ松の名所として記されているように、松をとりあわせて詠んでいる例は、歌枕としての高砂であると考えられる。

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