TEH GRAVES OF JURO AND GORO



THE LEGEND OF THE BROTHERS OF THE SOGAS
The father of Juro and Goro was killed by his elder brother in 1176 when they were 5 and 3. 17 years later, when they were 22 and 20, they sneaked into the uncle's hunting camp at the foot of Mt. Fuji and avenged their father's death. However, the brothers were surrounded by the uncle's men and, though fought hard against them, could not get out of the place alive.
One of the Juro's men named Oniou determined to bring the head of Juro to his home in Uwajima in Shikoku island. He hurried home but the boat was wrecked on the way and the pursuers were getting close, so he gave up the journey and buried it before it went bad and piled rocks over the place where we now have the tomb stone on which the name of Juro is engraved.
Later, to console Juro's lonliness, the people in this area added the grave for Goro(smaller one in front in the photo above) near the Juro's.



ABOVE LEFT: THE REST HOUSE BUILT NEAR THE GRAVES
ABOVE RIGHT: ONE OF THE PAINTINGS IN THE REST HOUSE
The painting is done on a wooden board and is surprisingly cear and vivid in color.


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