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A Complaint That Was
a Non-Smashing Success

The tale follows a sacred drum that was initially used by Fujiwara no Kamatari to retrieve a prized jewel from the Dragon Palace and later installed in a Nara Temple

Locations

  • Sanuki Province’s Fusazaki Bay: Today Kagawa Prefecture’s Shido Bay
  • Nara: Japan’s capital from 710-784, and home to Tōdaiji and Kōfukuji Temples as well as Kasuga-Taisha Shrine

Sanuki and Fusazaki in Hitome Tamaboko

Yakuri Temple, Old Takamatsu, and Shinju Island -- this place is also known as Fusazaki Bay...

The ‘Sinking Stone’ lies thirty ri from Osaka. From here, far out across the southern sea, one can see the shores of Yashima in Sanuki

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