| Although no one had attempted to closely study this Amanosakahoko (perhaps because of a sense of awe) since the ancient times, there is an anecdote that Ryoma SAKAMOTO, one of the patriots in the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, was bold enough to pull it out when he visited Mt. Takachiho-no-mine. |
また、この天逆鉾、古来から誰も詳しく調べるなどとしようとした者は（多分、恐れ多くて）いなかったのだが、幕末の志士坂本龍馬が高千穂峰を訪れた際、大胆にも引き抜いて見せたというエピソードがある。 |