Haniyasu Pond - Haniyasu Pond

Japanese: 埴安池 - はにやすのいけ

A pond located at the western foot of Mt. Amanokagu in Yamato. In the Man'yoshu, an elegy composed by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro on the death of Prince Takeichi mentions the bank of the pond of Haniyasu, and the song of the well of Fujiwara Palace also mentions the bank of Haniyasu. According to the legends found in the Jinmu and Sujin Chronicles, in ancient times, there was a notion that the clay clay of Mt. Amanokagu was regarded as the "material substance of Wakoku" (a symbol of rule over Yamato). Uneonimasu Takehaniyasu Shrine (a shrine listed in the Engishiki) is a shrine that worships the clay clay of Mt. Amanokagu as a male deity, and is located at the western foot of Mt. Amanokagu (Kinomoto-cho, Kashihara City).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

大和の天香久山の西麓にあった池。《万葉集》にみえる，柿本人麻呂が高市皇子の死に際して作った挽歌に〈埴安の池の堤〉とあり，〈藤原宮の御井の歌〉にも〈埴安の堤〉が歌われている。神武紀や崇神紀にみえる伝承によれば，古代には，天香久山の埴（はに）を，〈倭国の物実（ものしろ）〉(大和国支配のシンボル)とみなす観念があった。この天香久山の埴土を男神化して祭祀するのが，畝尾坐健土安（うねおにいますたけはにやす）神社(延喜式内大社)であり，天香久山の西麓(橿原市木之本町)に所在する。

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