著者

梅山 秀幸

出版者

桃山学院大学総合研究所

雑誌

桃山学院大学総合研究所紀要 = ST. ANDREW'S UNIVERSITY BULLETIN OF THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ISSN:1346048X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.47, no.1, pp.115-138, 2021-07-15

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After the defeat of the Shintoists in the war between Buddhists and Shintoists in the year587CE, the Mononobe( 物部) clan was destined to run its course to ruin. But what was theMononobe clan? The word mononofu, synonym for samurai, was derived from the name ofthis clan. So, we can easily assume that Mononobe was a representative clan of ancientwarriors. Furthermore, it also means that this clan shouldered the military industry, and asa result, the majority of other industry of that period.According to the myths, Nighihayahi, ancestor god of the Mononobe clan, came to Japan,ahead of Ninighi, ancestor god of the Emperor’s family. Transferring the political power tothe Emperor’s family, Mononobe had maintained a certain important position within theEmperor’s government. We will search for and consider the Mononobe legends and theirlegendary places which still remain in present day Osaka.In Nihon-shok(i 日本書紀), we find an impressive tale of Mononobe’s vassal Tottori-noyorozu(鳥取万), who valiantly fought to the death in the above religious war and of hisfaithful dog who continued to protect his master’s corpse. We visit the legendary tombs ofthe dog and of his master. Tottori is also the place name of the extreme South Osaka. Hatajinnja(波汰神社)exists as the religious centre of this district and observes the ancient ritesand festivals. The remains of Kaieji( 海会寺), a few kilometres from Hata-jinja, shows usthe Tottori people’s reformation to Buddhism. In Nihon-ryoiki( 日本霊異記), we can find aninteresting episode which tells of the Tottori people’s spiritual beliefs at that time.