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■Aterui
More
Monument
#20201213
A
stone
monument
inscribed
with
the
names
of
Emishi
chief
Aterui
and
mother
More.
Aterui
and
More
fought
bravely
in
the
subjugation
of
Ezo
by
Sakanoue
Tamuramaro,
the
great
general
of
the
Conquerors,
in
801
(Enryaku
20).The
following
year,
when
Tamuramaro
built
Isawa
Castle
in
Mutsu
Province,
he
was
saddened
by
the
sacrifices
made
by
his
hometown.
I
went
down
to
Tamuramaro's
military
gate.
Tamuramaro
returned
to
Kyoto
with
the
two
men
and
begged
the
imperial
court
to
spare
their
lives,
but
the
court
nobles
opposed
the
request,
and
the
two
were
executed
in
Kawachi
Province.
This
monument
was
erected
in
1994
(Heisei
6)
to
commemorate
the
1200th
anniversary
of
the
founding
of
the
Heian
capital
by
volunteers
from
Iwate
Prefecture,
which
would
become
the
hometown
of
the
two
men.
It
is
engraved
with
``Monument.''
The
Tohoku
topographic
map
also
has
a
large
shadow
engraving
on
the
front.
■Tamuramaro,
in
cooperation
with
Enchin
(Kenshin),
rebuilt
the
main
hall
on
a
large
scale
in
798,
and
created
and
enshrined
statues
of
Jizo
Bodhisattva
and
Bishamonten
as
attendants
to
the
Kannon
statue.
Ei
is
regarded
as
the
originator,
Enchin
as
the
founder,
and
Tamuramaro
as
the
main
vow.
In
805,
Tamuramaro
received
the
temple
land,
and
in
810,
it
was
officially
recognized
as
a
temple
with
the
imperial
permission
of
Emperor
Saga.
Tamuramaro
died
of
illness
at
the
age
of
54
in
811.
●The
inscription
says
that
the
construction
of
this
monument
was
made
possible
by
the
kindness
of
the
temple.If
Tamuramaro
had
lived
a
little
longer,
I
think
he
would
have
volunteered
to
console
the
souls
of
these
two
men.Therefore,
he
would
have
been
executed
as
a
criminal.
Perhaps
because
of
this,
he
was
unable
to
publicly
mourn
his
death,
and
he
thought
of
waiting
for
time
to
restore
his
honor,
but
this
did
not
work
and
he
fell
ill
10
years
after
his
execution.
I
think
it
was
erected
with
the
intention
of
the
original
petition
in
mind.
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