Place names
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身狹桃花鳥坂
Identification pending · 0 supported · 0 tentative · 1 unresolved occurrences
The passage and name interpretation are recorded here. A place identification has not yet been established.
Recorded names
身狹桃花鳥坂
『日本書紀』の垂仁天皇紀から引かれる埋葬地の名。倭彦命が葬られ、近習者の殉葬が語られる場所。『蝦夷島奇観』では蝦夷の葬送と古代日本の習俗を比較するための引用である。
名称の言語的由来は未確認。
Attestations (1)
- 蝦夷島奇観 · Hokkaido University Library · 38:2
十八年冬十月丙寅朔庚午天皇母弟倭彦命薨十一月丙申朔丁酉葬倭彦命于身狭桃花鳥坂於是集近習者悉生而埋立於陵城数日不死昼夜泣吟遂死而爛臰之犬烏聚噉焉天皇聞此泣吟之声心有悲傷詔羣卿
「身狹桃花鳥坂」