A legend has it that Saigyo visited the mausoleum of his former master, Emperor Sutoku, to console the soul of the latter in the Sanuki Province; and, it was subsequently made into Hakuho, one of the chapters in "The Tale of Ugetsu" written by Akinari UEDA. 讃岐国に旧主崇徳天皇の陵墓白峰を訪ねてその霊を慰めたと伝えらえ、これは後代上田秋成によって『雨月物語』中の一篇「白峰」に仕立てられている。 |