Old Japanese Songs 



My next selection is from a love-song of un- 

 certain date, belonging to the Kamakura period 

 (1186-1332). This fragment is chiefly remark- 

 able for its Buddhist allusions, and for its very 

 regular form of stanza: 



Makoto yara, 

 Kashima no minato ni 

 Miroku no mifune ga 

 Tsuite gozarimosu. 



Yono! 



Sd iyoe, iyoe I 

 Sd iyoe, iyoe I 



Hobashira wa, 

 Kogane no hobashira ; 

 Ho niwa Hokkekyo no 

 Go no man-makimono. 



Sa iyoe, iyoe ! 



Sd iyoe, iyoe I 



I know not if 't is true 



That to the port of Kashima 



The august ship of Miroku l has come I 



Yono! 



Sa iyoU, iyo't! 

 Saiyo'i, iyoil 



1 Miroku Bosatsu (Maitreya Bodhisattva) Is the next great Buddha 

 to come. 



