| 東善寺花だより ●● 小栗上野介の墓前に遺愛の名花・小栗椿 Tozenji Temple Flower Report ●● Oguri Camellia, cherished flower at the graveside of Kozukenosuke Oguri |
| 小栗上野介父子主従の墓 墓前に遺愛の名花 小栗椿 おぐりつばき Graves of Kozukenosuke Oguri, his son, and his vassals Oguri Camellia, Cherished Flowers at the Graveside |
 「いま私がいちばん描きたいのは東善寺の小栗椿です。（小栗上野介が）認められず、ほめられずに生涯を終えたところにロマンを感じます」 星野 富弘 （上毛新聞 2003平成15年1月1日） "I am most interested in painting the Oguri camellia at Tozenji Temple now. I find it romantic that Kozukenosuke Oguri ended his life without public recognition or praise." Tomihiro Hoshino (The Jomo Shimbun, January 1, 2003) |
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■「小 栗 椿」 黒椿「崑崙黒こんろんこく」 Oguri Tsubaki: Black camellia "Konron-koku" |
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上野介父子が西軍に殺されたあと、江戸から倉賀野河岸（かし・高崎市）に着いた引越荷物のなかに、庭木類がありました。荷の引き取り手小栗上野介はすでに殺されているので、荷物が競売にかけられ「鉢植えの椿」と「シャクヤク」を小栗家旧領地下斉田村（高崎市）の名主田口十七蔵（たぐちとなぞう）が買い取りました。明治初年に権田の村人が小栗父子家臣の墓を作ると、連絡を受けてお参りにやってきた田口は、持参した鉢植えの椿とシャクヤクを墓のそばに植えてゆきました。 椿はそのまま墓のそばで毎年花を咲かせます。 百数十年を経ているが、寒い土地なので幹はそれほど太くならない。毎年春になると、墓のわきで、黒味を帯びた八重の花がびっしりと咲く。「崑崙黒・こんろんこく」という黒椿の名花です。 After Kozukenosuke Oguri and his son were killed by the Western forces, their garden plants were among their goods that arrived at the Kurgano river bank (today's Takasaki City) from Edo. Since Kozukenosuke Oguri had already been killed, the goods were auctioned off, and "potted camellia" and "peony" were purchased by Tonazou Taguchi, the feudal lord of Shimoarida Village (today's Takasaki City), the former domain of the Oguri family. In the first year of Meiji Era, villagers in Gonda built graves for Kozukenosuke Oguri, his son and his vassals. When Taguchi heard about this, he came to pay his respects and planted near the graves the potted camellia and peony that he had brought with him. The camellia continues to bloom by the graves every year. Although the camellia is more than a hundred years old, the trunk is not so thick because of the cold climate. Every spring, the blackish double-petaled flowers bloom in profusion by the grave. It is the famous black camellia called "Konron-Koku." この遺愛の椿からわかること １、椿が散るのは花びらでなく首からすべて落ちることから、武士は嫌った。それを気にせず椿の花そのものを愛玩した小栗上野介の合理的精神がうかがえる。たとえば、「上野介」と改名した時「本多上野介、吉良上野介といい印象がない名だ」と言われ、「名前で人が変わるわけではない」と笑った精神にも通じる。 ２、西軍は「反逆の意図明白！」と決めつけて取り調べもせず小栗主従を殺害したが、江戸から庭木を運んで戦の準備をする武士がいようか。言いがかりをつけて殺害したにすぎないことがわかる椿。 |
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| ■開花情報 ◇ことし2024（令和６）年の開花は ４月６日でした。 ちなみに 2024（令和６年）は４月６日 昨年夏の高温少雨のせいか蕾が少ない 2023 (令和５年）は３月14日 数日来ものすごいスギ花粉 2022（令和４年）は3月27日 昨年12月から一ヶ月以上降雨なし、寒さも厳しい冬でした 2021(令和３)年は：3月16日 2020（令和2）年は：3月10日 花が少なく例年の1/3 2019（平成31・令和元）年は：記録もれ 2018（平成30年）は：3月30日 2017（平成29年）は：4月3日 2016(平成２８年)は：２月２５日 異常に早い 2015(平成２７)年は：４月２日 2014（平成２６）年は：4月2日 2013（平成２５）年は：4月７日 2012(平成２４)年は：４月２０日 2011（平成2３）年は：４月１７日 2010（平成22）年は：3月18日 2009（平成21）年は：４月4日 2008（平成20）年は：４月9日 2006(平成１８）年は：４月16日 2005（平成１７）年は：４月７日 2004（平成１６）年は：３月１７日 異常に早かったです。 2003（平成１５）年は：４月１７日 ◇咲いている状況を見たい方は、Eﾒｰﾙまたは電話でお問い合わせ下さい。 ◇メール：tozen**＠clock.ocn.ne.jp へどうぞ。**は、隠し文字です。電話でお問い合わせください。―迷惑メール防止措置 ◇電話027-378-2230 東善寺 Flowering Information This year (2022), it bloomed on March 27. Although the blooming season differs each year, most of the flowers bloom from mid-March to mid-April. In the past 20 years, the earliest was February 25 and the latest was April 20. * If you would like to see the blooming condition, please contact us by e-mail or phone for flowering information. * Email to tozen**@clock.ocn.ne.jp : A few characters are hidden for spam mail prevention measures. * Phone to 027-378-2230 (Tozenji) for the hidden characters. |
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| ■シャクヤク 同じく田口が植えていったシャクヤクが、上野介の胸像の脇に咲きます。はじめは椿とともに墓のそばに植えましたが、日陰で花つきが悪いので、胸像ができた後に照賢前住職が胸像わきに植え替えました。二段になった花びらが珍しいシャクヤクです。 ２０１６（平成２８）年の開花は：５月２４日 ■ Shakuyaku (Poeny) The peony, also planted by Tonazou Taguchi, blooms beside the bust of Kozukenosuke Oguri. At first, it was planted near the grave along with camellia, but it did not flower well in the shade, so former abbot Shoken Murakami replanted it next to the bust after the bust was built. The two-tiered petals of this peony are unusual. Flowering in 2016 (Heisei 28): May 24 |
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| ▲2005平成１７年６月１日 ▲ June 1, 2005 or Heisei 17 |
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| 小栗上野介父子と家臣の墓 Graves of Kozukenosuke Oguri, his adopted son Mataichi, and his vassals |
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| ◇境内の小栗上野介父子と家臣らの墓は、明治初年に権田の村人が建立しました。正面に小栗父子の墓、左右に家臣と家族、会津で戦死した村人の墓が5つずつ並びます。 ◇ここは供養墓です。遺体と館林から盗み返した首級を埋葬した本墓は、供養墓から2～3分登った所にあります。参照：お殿様のお首級（くび）迎え - The graves of Kozukenosuke Oguri, his adopted son Mataichi, and his vassals were erected by the villagers of Gonda in the first year of Meiji era (1868). The graves of the Oguri father and son are in the front, and the graves of their vassals, their families, and villagers who died in the Aizu War are lined up five by five on the left and right. - These are memorial tombs. The main tombs, where Kozukenosuke Oguri and his son's bodies and the heads stolen back from Tatebayashi are buried, are located 2 to 3 minutes up the hill from the memorial tombs. Reference: Welcoming Oguri's head to Tozenji Temple |
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| ◆小栗上野介父子主従の墓の配置◆ ◆ Grave layout of the tombs of Kozukenosuke Oguri, Mataichi Oguri, Kozukenosuke's adopted son, and his vassals   ■ ■ 塚本真彦 37歳 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 賢宗良哲居士 沓掛藤五郎 25歳 ■ 桂翁浄月居士 多田金之助 20歳 ■ 全翁智性居士 塚本 ミツ ■ 實岳貞心大姉 ➡本墓へ↗上がる石段 塚本チカ 7歳位 ■ 戒心善童子 奪衣婆■⬆■閻魔大王 |
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| 【墓の人物解説】 ◆小栗上野介忠順 水沼河原で西軍によって斬首される。享年42 ◆荒川（江幡）祐蔵 同 上。常陸国出身、遣米使節に随行。水沼河原で斬首される。 ◆大井磯十郎 同 上。権田村出身の家臣。水沼河原で斬首される。 ◆渡部太三郎 同 上。江戸から権田村へ随行し、水沼河原で斬首される。 ◆佐藤銀十郎 権田村出身の家臣。小栗道子夫人らを護衛して会津に到り、会津軍に参加して喜多方市熊倉で戦死 ◆塚越富五郎 権田村出身。農民 同上 喜多方市高郷地区一竿（ひとさお）で戦死 ◆小栗又一忠道 養嗣子 高崎城内で西軍によって斬首され、遺体は下斉田村に葬ら れる。仏語伝習所第一期卒業生 享年21。 ◆塚本真彦 小栗家用人。遣米使節に随行。 同 上。 ◆沓掛藤五郎 江戸から権田へ随行し、高崎城内で斬首される。 同 上。 ◆多田金之助 江戸から権田へ随行し、高崎城内で斬首される。 同 上 ◆塚本マキ（ミツ） 真彦の母。七日市へ逃れる途中村内の山中で孫シサ（チカ）と共に自害 ◆塚本シサ（チカ） 真彦の娘。 同 上 ＊名前は東善寺過去帳による。（ ）は下田家墓地の墓碑による The personages of the tombs are as follows: - Kozukenosuke Tadamasa Oguri: Oguri was beheaded by the Western Army at Mizunuma River Bank when he was 42 years old. - Yuzo Arakawa (Ebata): Arakawa was a native of Hitachi Province (today's Ibaraki Prefecture). He accompanied the Japanese envoy to the U.S.A. in 1860. He was beheaded by the Western Army at Mizunuma River Bank. - Isojuro Ooi: Ooi was an Oguri's vassal from Gonda village. Ooi was beheaded by the Western Army at Mizunuma River Bank. - Tasaburo Watanabe: Watanabe accompanied Kozukenosuke Oguri from Edo to Gonda Village. He was beheaded by the Western Army at Mizunuma River Bank. - Ginjuro Sato: Sato was an Oguri's vassal from Gonda village. He escorted Mrs. Michiko Oguri, wife of Kozukenosuke Oguri, and others to Aizu. He then joined the Aizu Army and was killed in Kumakura, Kitakata City. - Tomigoro Tsukagoshi: Tsukagoshi was born in Gonda village. He was killed in battle at Hitosao, Takasato, Kitakata City. - Mataichi Tadamichi Oguri: Mataichi Oguri was an adoptive heir of Kozukenosuke Oguri. He was one of the first graduates of the French Language School in Yokohama. He was beheaded by the Western Army in Takasaki Castle when he was 21 years old. His body was buried in Shimosaida Village. - Mahiko Tsukamoto: Tsukamoto was a servant of the Oguri family. He accompanied the Japanese envoy to the U.S. He was beheaded in Takasaki Castle together with Mataichi Oguri and others and his body was buried in Shimosaida Village. - Togoro Kutsuskake: Kutsukake accompanied Kozukenosuke Oguri from Edo to Gonda Village. He was beheaded in Takasaki Castle together with Mataichi Oguri and others and his body was buried in Shimosaida Village. - Kinnosuke Tada: Tada accompanied Kozukenosuke Oguri from Edo to Gonda Village. He was beheaded in Takasaki Castle together with Mataichi Oguri and others and his body was buried in Shimosaida Village. - Maki Tsukamoto (Mitsu): Maki is Mahiko Tsukamoto's mother. On the way from Gonda Village to Nanokaichi (today's Tomioka City, Gunma Prefecture), she and her granddaughter Shisa (Chika) committed suicide in the mountain. - Shisa (Chika) Tsukamoto: Shisa is a daughter of Mahiko Tsukamoto. On the way from Gonda Village to Nanokaichi (today's Tomioka City, Gunma Prefecture), Shisa and her grandmother, Maki, committed suicide in the mountain. * Note: The names are based on Tozenji's family register of deaths. The names in ( ) are based on the tombstones in the Shimosaida Cemetery. |
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「恨みで花が黒くなった」！？ のではありません 庭掃除をしていると、◯◯ガイドの会が団体を案内してやってきて小栗父子主従の墓を説明するマイクの声が聞こえてきた。 「小栗上野介が江戸から運んできたこの椿は、小栗の恨みで花が黒く変わりました・・・」 私は仰天した。初めて聞く話だ！ そんな不気味な椿はない。 たまたま近くにいた会のメンバーに 「そんな話はない。作り話はしないでほしい。会のテキストにでも書いてあるのですか」 と聞くと、 「いいえみんな住職の本を参考にしてしゃべっています」という。 「私はそんな話は書いていない。おかしな作り話はしないでほしい」というと 「まあ、いいじゃないですか」と馴れ馴れしく肩を叩く。 「歴史に基づかないつくり話をするのはやめてほしい」とさらに強く言うと、憮然としていた。 安っぽいつくり話は、歴史を冒涜する。 （2016平成28年3月） "The camellia flowers turned black because of resentment." No, they did not! When I was cleaning up the garden of Tozenji, I heard a voice from a microphone explaining the tombs of Kozukenosuke Oguri, his son and his retainers, as a tour-guide association came to guide a group. "This camellia that Kozukenosuke Oguri brought from Edo turns its flowers black because of Oguri's resentment..." I was astonished. This was the first time I had heard that kind of story! No camellia is that eerie. I told a member of the association who happened to be nearby, "There is no such story. I don't want you to make up stories. Is it written in the text of your group?" The person replied, "No, we are all speaking from a book written by the priest." I said, "I've never written such stories. I don't want you to make up crazy stories." He patted me on the shoulder over-familiarly and said, "Well, why not?" When I told him more strongly, "I want you to stop making up stories that are not based on history," he was astonished. Cheap fictions desecrate history. (March 2016) |
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| 【関連ページ】 ■倉渕町内の史跡…水沼河原の顕彰慰霊碑・相間川など ■お殿様のお首級（くび）迎え…館林から盗み帰った小栗上野介父子の首級 ■会津へ逃れた道子夫人…苦難の逃避行・会津で生まれた国子・護衛の村人戦死 ■小栗上野介の顕彰活動…会津へ脱出・・小栗まつりなど ■歴史の道・秋山郷への旅…道子夫人の逃れたけわしい山道を歩く |
[Related Pages] ■ Historic sites in Kurabuchi Town: Cenotaph in honor of Kozukenosuke Oguri at Mizunuma River Bank, Aima River, etc. ■ Welcoming Oguri's head to Tozenji Temple: Gonda villagers stole and retrieved the heads of Kozukenosuke Oguri and his son. ■ Mrs. Michiko Oguri who fled to Aizu: Hardship escape, Kuniko, Kozukenosuke Oguri's daughter, born in Aizu, deaths of Gonda villagers in battle who escorted Michiko to Aizu ■ Activities in Honor of Kozukenosuke Oguri: Escape to Aizu, Oguri Festival, etc. ■ Mountain trip to Akiyamago along the "Road of History": Walking along the steep mountain path where Mrs. Michiko escaped |
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