14.動く「亀の碑」

この石せき碑ひ()は寛文(かんぶん)4(1664)年に明石城主松まつ平だいら信のぶ之ゆき()が建こん立りゅう()しました。碑ひ文ぶん()は1712字の人ひと麿まろ伝でん記き()で、全て読めば亀が動くと言われています。台だい座ざ()は亀趺(きふ)と言われ中国からの様式です。亀は贔ひ屓いき()といい、龍(りゅう)になれなかった龍の子供です。

14.Mobile tortoise-shaped stone monument
Matsudaira Nobuyuki, the 6th feudal lord of the Akashi domain, erected this stone monument in 1664.  The sentence of the monument is Kakinomoto Hitomaro’s biography that consists of 1712 letters.  It has been said that when all the sentences are read the stone tortoise of the pedestal will walk.  The pedestal is called kifu according to the style of ancient China.  They called the tortoise Hiiki,  which was a dragon’s child that failed to be a dragon.

明石ヘリテージマップ『人丸』2018

令和6(2024)年２月撮影