odai-ga-hara

Updated: July 6, 2025

They were soon driven out, however, and in their flight to Hiei-zan, where one body of them entrenched themselves, the mirror and the sword were dropped and recovered by the pursuers. The other body made good their escape to the wilds of Odai-ga-hara, carrying with them the seal; and it was not till a year later that it found its way back to Kyoto, when the rebels had been destroyed."*

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era