Pilgrimage to Itsukushima from Rokuon-in Temple -

Japanese: 鹿苑院殿厳島詣記 - ろくおんいんどのいつくしまもうでき

This travelogue was written by Imagawa Sadayo, who accompanied Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu on his pilgrimage to Itsukushima in 1389 (6th year of the Genchu era | 1st year of the Kouou era). It is also known as the "Record of Rokuon-in's Pilgrimage to Itsukushima" or the "Record of Rokuon-in Yoshimitsu's Pilgrimage to Itsukushima." He left the capital on March 4th, arrived at Itsukushima on the night of the 10th, and after visiting the shrine the following day on the 11th, he traveled as far as Iyo and Suo, but changed his plans to go to Kyushu midway and returned to Kyoto on March 26th. Although it was a pilgrimage to Itsukushima, it was actually a trip with a hidden political purpose of intimidating the daimyo of Sanyo and Kyushu and controlling the Seto Inland Sea.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1389年(元中6∥康応1)将軍足利義満の厳島詣に随行した今川貞世が記した紀行文。異称は《鹿苑院厳島詣記》《鹿苑院義満公厳島詣記》。3月4日に都を出て，10日の夜厳島に着き，翌11日に宮参りを終えたのち，伊予，周防あたりまで足をのばしたが，九州までの予定を途中で変更して3月26日に帰京するまでを記している。厳島詣といっても，実際は山陽･九州の大名を威圧し瀬戸内海を制圧する政治的ねらいを秘めた旅行であった。

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