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is a set of waterfalls near downtown Kobe, Japan, with an important significance in Japanese literature and Japanese art. In Japan, Nunobiki is considered one of the greatest "divine falls" together with Kegon Falls and Nachi Falls. Nunobiki waterfalls comprises four separate falls: Ondaki, Mendaki, Tsusumigadaki, and Izumoki. A well-known section of ''the Tales of Ise'' describes a trip taken by a minor official and his guests to Nunobiki Falls. They begin a poetry-writing contest, to which one of the guests, a commander of the guards, contributes: :Which, I wonder, is higher- :This waterfall or the fall of my tears :As I wait in vain, :Hoping today or tomorrow :To rise in the world. The minor official offers his own composition: :It looks as though someone :Must be unstringing :Those clear cascading gems. :Alas! My sleeves are too narrow :To hold them all.〔Translation by Helen McCullough, quoted in Morse, 42.〕 ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nunobiki Falls」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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