Kurakake-no-Matsu from "Guide to Famous Spots of Edo Vol.4"
Compiled by Saitō Chōshū, Painted by Hasegawa Settan 1834-1836 (Tempō 5 to Tempō 7) Kaga Collection 256

There is a pine tree with the bent trunk on the approach to Ōmiya Hachimangū Shrine. Legend has it that when Minamoto no Yoshiie hung his horse saddle on a branch of this pine tree on his way to conquer Ōshū and so it was called "Kurakake-no-Matsu" (saddle-hanging pine tree).


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