A monument of requiem

Showa is also a story shortly after the Pacific War.
Go down to Ookagawa from the road in front of Kusaka Elementary School in Sasashita-cho, and you will reach the old Matadabashi. When you cross this bridge while remembering the old days, you will see the mountain gate of the temple at Seijuin.
Once upon a time, it is said that the gate of Sasashita Jinya, which is said to have been built by Mr. Mamiya, was moved.
The name of this temple is called "Umekayama Seijubo" (later Seijuin), but due to the plum blossoms and the beauty of the precincts, "Makitayama", which had been called until now, was renamed "Umekayama". That is.
Immediately next to this mountain gate, there is a sad and beautiful monument of the people of this area.
In the fierce battle, young people Sasashita were also rushed to the battlefield and killed some war dead.
The people of the region bravely fought, comforted the spirits who scattered young lives, pledged to eliminate war forever and protect peace, and built monuments.
That feeling oozes in 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 the Chumon monuments that were built in various places after the Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War and the Manchurian Incident. The people squeezed their wisdom and decided to build a monument to the requiem of the war dead in the form of haiku.
So I asked for an inscription from the famous poet Ohno Rinhi in Yokohama. Then a meaningful phrase of this inscription was written and sent.
The local people decided to leave this feeling forever with this respectable haiku.
The phrase monument is as follows.

Forest fire
I'm afraid
Shorai now
Squeezing

Autumn comes, and the branches of a large pine tree are shouting loudly with a loud voice.
The autumn breeze sways the branches of the autumn breeze blew through the sound of pine and the sound of the pine.
Let's sleep peacefully in the homeland of the young Spirit!
Peace, long!
Actually, it was a monument with such a deep meaning.

It is a story recorded in "Old Story of Hometown Konan 50 Episode".
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