It's difficult to describe things in English which are relevant to Japan's unique and traditional culture and don't exist overseas, but I'll try! Japan had a 260 year peaceful period in its history. It's called the Edo Period, which started in 1603 and ended in 1968. There was only one civil war. Over the course of the Edo Period, Japan made remarkable progress culturally and technically. Ieyasu Tokugawa had laid down the basis of the period, and Hideie Ukita was one of his opponents. However, he was known for his sincerity and was very popular with ordinary people. That's why he wasn't executed and was expelled from his land to Hachijojima Island.
His homeland is a part of the area which we call Okayama Prefecture today. I lived in Okayama Prefecture during my medical student days and my wife came from the prefecture. After seeing the overview of the island from a higher place, we visited his tomb.
He was such a person that he was endeared by the island inhabitants. He wasn't permitted to be accompanied by his wife and his statue on the island was set with his wife facing his homeland, Okayama City. The mountain behind them is Hachijo Fuji.
40 years later, a fishing boat which was from his homeland was shipwrecked on the island and he asked the fisherman about his homeland and handed him several papers on which his own poems were written. These papers are now preserved in a museum in Okayama Prefecture.
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