Citations:千早ぶ

Old Japanese citations of 千早ぶ

Kojiki

• 711–712, Kojiki, upper volume (subjugation of Ashihara no Nakatsukuni):

  ...故、以爲於此國道速振、荒振國神等之多在。

  For this reason, assuming Opi province was fierce, Araburu-kami and the others plentifully existed.

• 711–712, Kojiki, middle volume (Yamatotakeru no mikoto):

  「於此野中有_二大沼_一、住_二是沼中之神_一、甚道速振神也」

  "In the middle of Opi lies a big pond, living entirely in the ponds are the gods; they were really fierce gods."

Man'yoshu

• c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 2, poem 199 by Kakinomoto no Asomi no Hitomaro:

  ...鷄之鳴吾妻乃國之御軍士乎喚賜而千磐破人乎和爲跡不奉仕國乎治跡...

  ...to₂ri ga naku aduma no₂ kuni no₂ mi₁-ikusa wo me₁si-tamapi₁te tipayaburu pi₁to₂ wo yapase to₂ maturo₁panu kuni wo wosame₂ to₂...

  ...let us summon the glorious troops from the Eastern Lands where birds cry to vanquish the unruly peoples and conquer the defiant lands.

  [Note: Another variant says 國乎掃部等 (kuni wo parape₁ to₂, “purify (literally ‘sweep’) these lands”) instead of kuni wo wosame₂ to₂.]

• c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 7, poem 1230 by an anonymous poet:

  千磐破金之三埼乎過鞆吾者不忘壯鹿之須賣神

  tipayaburu kane no₂ mi₁saki₁ wo sugi₂nu to₂ mo ware pa wasurezi Sika no sume₁kami₂

  Past the fierce Kane no Misaki, we should not forget: Sika's imperial god.