あれは伊予こちらは備後春の風 Are wa Iyo Kochira wa Bingo haru no kaze
That is Iyo This is Bingo In spring breeze
On a sunny day in winter, I saw a memorial tablet of this poem at Onomici.
Onomichi : Onomichi city in Hiroshima Prefecture
Iyo : an old province of Shikoku Region, Japan. Iyo is Ehime Prefecture now.
Bingo : an old province of Chugoku Region, Japan. the eastern part of Hiroshima Prefecture.
10 Sep 2007