Monument of requiem

Showa is also a story just after the Pacific War.
Go down toward Okagawa from the road in front of Kusaka Elementary School in Sasashita-cho to Okagawa, you will reach the old Matabashi Bridge. As you cross this bridge while remembering the old days, you will see the gate of the temple of Seijuin Temple.
It is said that the gate of Sasashita Jinya, which is said to have been built by Mr. Mamiya, has moved.
The name of this temple is called "Makayama Seibo" (later Seijuin), but due to the beauty of plum blossoms and the precincts, the name of "Makudayama", which had been called so far, was renamed "Makayama". That is.
Immediately beside this mountain gate, there is a sad but beautiful monument of the people in this area.
In the fiercely fought war, young people under Sasashita were also driven out to the battlefield and killed some people.
The people of the region have bravely fought, comforting the spirits that have scattered young lives, pledged to eliminate war and protect peace forever.
That feeling oozes out of the shape of this monument and the expression of the inscription.
At the time of the war, it was under the occupation of the army, so it was not possible to freely build a loyal monument that was built in various places after the Nisshin, Russo-Japanese War and the Manchurian Incident. People squeezed their wisdom and decided to build a monument to the requiem of the war dead.
Therefore, we asked Rinhi Ono, a famous poet in Yokohama, for an inscription. Then, the phrase of this meaningful inscription was written and sent.
The local people decided to leave this feeling forever with this respectable haiku.
The phrase is the following sentence.

Forest fire
A turkey
Now in Shorai
Mammalian

Autumn has come, and Shuri is screaming on a large pine tree branch.
The autumn breeze swayed the pine branches, playing sound and blowing through, and the high squeal of Shuri was calm.
Sleep peacefully in the hometown of the young Spirit!
Peace, for a long time!
In fact, it was a monument with such a deep meaning.

This is a story recorded in "Hometown Konan's Old Story".
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