Semantic Roles Prototypically Associated with the Nominative and Their Overlap with Conceptual Domains of Other Cases in Japonic Languages

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Sumiyoshi mde (Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi) is an example of a travel diary from the early Muromachi Period that includes only fifteen waka poems interwoven with descriptions of places visited by the second Ashikaga shogun, Yoshiakira (1330-1367, r. 1358-1367). According to the title, the work describes a journey made in 1364 to the Sumiyoshi Shrine located in Settsu province (now in the Osaka region). The itinerary ran along the most famous inland waterway of medieval Japan, namely Yodo River, which connected the capital with Naniwa Bay (the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea). From there, making frequent stops along the way and entering Shitennji Temple, the travellers were able to easily reach the complex of the Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine. The reason for visiting Sumiyoshi was the shogun-pilgrim's desire to win a favour of the god who was "a great protector of those who are deeply devoted to the Way of Poetry [uta no michi]". Aspiring to be an excellent poet the shogun wanted to bow before the deity, recite his vow in the hope that he also will find success in "Way of the Myriad Islands [Shikishima no michi]".

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