The cypress tree named Hahakigi actually existed; today, only the bottom of the trunk can be seen at the back of Tsukimi-do (regarded as the site of Kojo-in Temple built by Saicho (Dengyo Daishi)) in Sonohara, Achi-mura, Nagano Prefecture. 帚木の名を伝える檜の木は現存し、長野県阿智村園原の月見堂(伝教大師=最澄が立てた広拯院の跡地と考えられている)の裏手に根元の幹のみが残っている。 |