これやこの行くも帰るもわかれては
知るも知らぬも逢坂の関
蝉丸『小倉百人一首』より
旧暦五月二十四日は、平安時代前期の盲目の歌人にして琵琶の名手として知られる蝉丸（生没年不詳）の命日とされている。現代では月遅れの六月二十四日を「蝉丸忌」として、大津市清水町の関の跡にある関蝉丸神社で祭が施行される。上記の「小倉百人一首」や「後撰和歌集」、さらに「新古今和歌集」「続古今和歌集」と、勅撰和歌集に歌が収録されているにもかかわらず、蝉丸の人物像は多分に伝説的で詳細は不明である。
伝説に依拠した観世元雅作とされる能「蝉丸」は衆知。また、黒澤明の「乱」は、シェイクスピア「リア王」と毛利元就の「三子教訓状」を翻案して架空の物語に仕立てていたが、野村武司（現・二世野村萬斎）氏が演じた盲目で笛の名手鶴丸は、蝉丸伝説が私の想いに揺影した。
上記の蝉丸の歌を翻案して私の歌一首・・・
これやこの渡れば帰らぬわかれなる
岸も見えざる三途川橋
青穹（山田維史）
If you know this or this going or returning
who knowing or not knowing each
at the Checkpoint of Ōsaka
By Semimaru From "Ogura hyakunin Isshu"
(Translated by Tadami Yamada)
Maay 24th of the lunar calendar is said to be the an-
niversary of the death of
Semimaru (birth and death
unknown), who is known as a blind poet and a master
of
Biwa in the early
Heian period. In modern times, the
festival is held at
Sekisemimaru Shrin, which is located
at the site of
Seki (the old checkpoint) in Shimizu Town,
Otsu City, on June 24th, which is a month late.
Despite the
tanka poems recorded in the above-men-
tiond "
Ogura Hyakunin Isshu" and "
Gosen Wakashu" as
well as "
Shin Kokin Wakashu" and "
Shokukokin Waka-
shu", which were compiled by an emperor 's instruction,
the life of
Semimaru is probably legendary. Details are
unknown.
Noh play "
Semimaru ", which is said to be
Motomasa
Jūrō as the playwright, was based on the legend of
Semimaru, and is popular.
In addition, Akira Kurosawa's
"Ran" was adapted in to
a fictional story by adapting Shakespeare's "King Lear"
and Mori Motonari's "
Sanshi kyōkun jō (The Letter of
Lessons for Three Sons)", but Takeshi Nomura (current-
ly Mansai Nomura II) The blind and flute master
Tsuru-
maru was played by him was influenced by the legend
of
Semimaru. I think.
Next my
tanka poem to be posted below is an adap-
tation of Semimaru's
tanaka poem mentioned above ...
This is it, if I would go, I couldn't return,
farewell to life at the
Sanzugawabashi
where I can't see the shore
Tadami Yamada
