植芝盛平先生がつくられた道歌
植芝盛平先生が作られた道歌は沢山あり、書籍、合気道新聞等にいつも載せられているが、道歌は作られた時代によって先生の気持ちが変化していてそれぞれが微妙な違いを表しているように思う。ここに昭和五十二年に吹田の阿部醒石先生が戦前に作られた物を前編、戦後を後編として編集されまとめられたもの及び平成元年に上梓された植芝吉祥丸二代道主の合気神髄にまとめられた道歌をみたいと思う。
There are many dōka poems composed by Morihei Ueshiba Sensei, and they are always published in books, the Aikidō Newspaper, and other sources. However, I feel that the dōka reflect subtle differences in Sensei’s state of mind, which changed over the period they were composed. Here, I wish to examine the dōka compiled by Master Abe Seiseki of Suita in Showa 52 (1977), edited into a pre-war section and a post-war section, as well as those compiled in the Spirit of Aikidō published in Heisei 1 (1989) by Ueshiba Kisshomaru, the second Doshu.
合気道奥義（道歌）
道主植芝吉祥丸先生監修
編集阿部醒石
Aikidō Secrets (Dōka)
Supervised by Ueshiba Kisshomaru Doshu
Edited by Abe Seiseki
昭和五十二年八月 発行
Published August 1977
前篇
奥意
| #「道歌」詳細ページへのリンク # “Dōka” Detail Page Link | 概念的タイトル Conceptual Title ✅ Phase V Complete, English Commentary 🔊 5-Minute Podcast Proof of Concept |
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| 1「一、武は萬有の根元にして我建国の一大精神なり。それ武術は皇国の道に起り百事神と。」- 植芝盛平 | プライマー1: 武＝宇宙原理 Primer-1: 武＝Cosmic Principle ✅ |
| 2「人との合気より大和魂の武魂を心身に練及し誠の魂の真善美なる練磨統一をなし、心身に。」- 植芝盛平 | プライマー2: 人との合気 Primer-2: Aiki with Others |
| 3「寸隙なき心魂一如の統一以て誠の人を作り、更に顕幽両界に練り合し世を挙げて大和魂を。」- 植芝盛平 | プライマー3: 心魂一如 Primer-3: Heart-Mind-Spirit Inseparable |
| 4「和合美化するを以て目的とす。」- 植芝盛平 | プライマー4: 和合美化 Primer-4: Harmonious Beautification |
| 5「一、小にしては体は修業の道場にして心は修業者たるを忘るべからず。」- 植芝盛平 | プライマー5: 体は道場／心は修業者、修行者、学び手 Primer-5: Body as Dōjō; Heart-Mind as Practitioner, Ascetic, Learner |
| 6「一,主の大御神に同化し世界顕現至愛の御靈出の元に順じ修業すべきは武の最大の法なり。」- 植芝盛平 | プライマー6: “至愛”の源に順う Primer-6: Deepest Love’s Source Followed |
| 7「昭和十一年十二月吉日。」- 植芝盛平 | プライマー Primer ✅ |
| 8「合気にてよろず力を働かし美しき世と安く和すべし。」- 植芝盛平 | 平穏の調和 Peaceful Harmony ✅ |
| 9「ありがたや伊都とみづとの合気十ををしく進め瑞の御声に。」- 植芝盛平 | 伊都とみづ 今すぐ参加しよう！ Izu and Mizu Join Now ✅ |
| 10「あるとあれ太刀習って何かせん唯一筋に思ひ切るべし。」- 植芝盛平 | まだ何をしようというのか？ What Would You Yet Do? ✅ |
| 11「神ながら合気のわざを極むれば如何なる敵も襲うすべなし。」- 植芝盛平 | 攻撃の仕方がない; No Way to Attack ✅ |
| 12「神ながら天地のいきにまかせつつ神へのこころをつくせますらを。」- 植芝盛平 | 息に身を委ねる; Yielding to the Breath |
| 13「下段をば陽の心を陰に見て打突く剣を清眼と知れ。」- 植芝盛平 | 鋭い刃は清眼である; A Striking Blade is Seigan ✅ |
| 14「向上は秘事も稽古もあらばこそ極意のぞむな前ぞ見えたり。」- 植芝盛平 | この目の前で; Right Before These Eyes |
| 15「左右をば切るも払うも打ち捨てて人の心は直ぐに馳せ行け。」- 植芝盛平 | この人間の心を送り出せ; Send Forth This Human Heart-Mind |
| 16「上段は敵の心を踏定め陰の心を陽にこそ見れ。」- 植芝盛平 | 陰の影として陽; Yin’s Shadow As Yang |
| 17「上段は吾も上段このままに打突く槍をくつして勝つべし。」- 植芝盛平 | 線を曲げる; Bend the Line |
| 18「すきもなくたたきつめたる敵の太刀皆打ちすてて踏込て切れ。」- 植芝盛平 | それらを全て捨て去る; Strike Them All Aside |
| 19「前後とは穂先いしづき敵ぞかし槍をこたてに切り込み勝つべし。」- 植芝盛平 | 先端と尻は敵同士だ; Tip and Butt Are Foes |
| 20「せん太刀を天に構へて早くつめ打逃しなば横に切るべし。」- 植芝盛平 | 素早く上げ閉める; Raise and Close Swiftly |
| 21「太刀ふるひ前にあるかと襲ひ来る敵の後に吾は立ちけり。」- 植芝盛平 | 彼らの後ろに立っている; Already Behind ✅ 🔊 |
| 22「立ちむかふ剣の林を導くにこたては敵の心とぞ知れ。」- 植芝盛平 | 彼らの心魂、我が盾; Their Heart-Mind, My Little Shield |
| 23「魂のあか破れ衣をとりのぞき天の運化に開き光れよ。」- 植芝盛平 | ぼろぼろの衣を脱ぎ捨て、輝け; Discard the Tattered Robe & Shine ✅ |
| 24「中段は敵の心をその中にうつり調子を同じ拳に。」- 植芝盛平 | 拳はビートに合致する; The Fist Matches the Beat |
| 25「敵多勢我をかこみて攻むるとも一人の敵と思ひたたかえ。」- 植芝盛平 | あたかも多数が一つであるかのように戦え; Fight the Many, As One |
| 26「敵下段同じ構への中段に上り下りに移りかむるな。」- 植芝盛平 | 餌に食いつかない; 中段での防御; Unlured, Guarding in Chūdan |
| 27「敵の太刀弱くなさむと思いなばまづふみ込みて切るべし。」- 植芝盛平 | その刃が鈍るまで; Till Their Edge Grows Weak |
| 28「敵人の走り来りて打つときは一足よけてすぐに切るべし。」- 植芝盛平 | 道をそれて、切り込む; Off the Path, and Cut! |
| 29「取りまきし槍の林に入るときはこだては槍の穂先とぞ知れ。」- 植芝盛平 | 槍先盾; Spearhead Shields |
| 30「人は皆何とあるとも覚悟して粗忽に太刀を出すべからず。」- 植芝盛平 | 心を鋼で固め、軽率を慎め; Steel the Heart, Shun Carelessness |
| 31「日々のわざの稽古に心せよ一を以て萬に当るぞ武夫の道。」- 植芝盛平 | 一心に、万と出会う; Mindfully, One Meets Ten Thousand |
| 32「武術とは神の御姿御心ぞいづとみづとの御親尊し。」- 植芝盛平 | 武道の形と心; Form & Heart-Mind of Martial Arts ✅ 🔊 |
| 33「ふりまはす太刀に目付けて何かせん拳は人の切るところたれ。」- 植芝盛平 | 真に切り始める場所; Where the Cut Truly Begins |
| 34「まが敵に切りつけさせて吾が姿後に立ちて敵を切るべし。」- 植芝盛平 | 私の姿の背後には; Behind My Figure |
| 35「誠をば更に誠に練り上げて顕幽一如の真諦を知れ。」- 植芝盛平 | なおさら真実なる誠; Still Truer Makoto ✅ |
| 36「又しても行詰るたびに思ふかないづとみづとの有難き道。」- 植芝盛平 | 行き止まりで、厳しくも優しい; At Dead Ends, Stern and Gentle |
| 37「まよひなば悪しき道にも入りぬべし心の駒に手綱ゆるすな。」- 植芝盛平 | 手綱を張っておく; Keep the Reins Tight |
| 38「右手をば陽にあらわし左手は陰にかえして敵をみちびけ。」- 植芝盛平 | 陽光の中の右手…; Right Hand in Sunlight… |
| 39「道のためまがれる敵をよびさまし言むけすすめ愛の剣に。」- 植芝盛平 | 迷える者を目覚めさせよ; Awaken Those Astray ✅ |
| 40「無明とは誰やの人が又月のいづるも入るも知る人ぞなし。」- 植芝盛平 | 月出、月没; Moonrise, Moonset |
| 41「物見をばやといふ声を拍子つつ敵の拍子にうつりかはるな。」- 植芝盛平 | テンポを保つ; Holding My Cadence |
| 42「山水にあたりて立たぬ岩声こそ清くことふる人もなければ。」- 植芝盛平 | 宣べ伝える者なし; No One to Proclaim It ✅ |
| 43「世の初め降り給ひし璽鏡剣国を建てます神の御心。」- 植芝盛平 | 璽と鏡と剣; Seal, Mirror, & Sword ✅ |
| 44「世の初め降り給ひし武の使命国の守りと君の御声に。」- 植芝盛平 | 武、領域の真の守護者; Bu, the Realm’s True Guard |
| 45「呼びさます一人の敵も心せよ多勢の敵は前後左右に。」- 植芝盛平 | 敵をかき立てる、多くが取り囲む; Rousing a Foe, Many Surround |
後編
References
Additional references are located in each dōka’s respective page.
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Appendix I: Change Modification Log (Recent)
24 JUL 26 - Updated 148 and 149 with English translation of commentary and added codas to Japanese and English commentaries.23 JUL 26 - Updated 013 with additional poetics analysis, updated English translation of commentary, and added codas to Japanese and English commentary. Updated 023 with additional poetics analysis, added reference to kegare in commentary, English translation of commentary, and added codas in Japanese and English. 152, 153, and 154 have been updated with improved English commentaries, and codas have been added to Japanese and English commentaries. Updated a few titles in main index, will propagate to dōka in future edits at end of Phase V. Updated English commentary on 150 and 151 (the prototype translation was not meeting standards of others). Hanko added to 150 and 151 as these are Phase V complete.22 JUL 26 - Updated 039 and 042 with improved formatting; added additional poetics analyses; added English translations of commentaries; added codas to Japanese and English commentaries.21 JUL 26 - Added Speech Act Theory analysis to 213; Added codas in Japanese and English to 213 and 214 commentaries.20 JUL 26 - Added Speech Act Theory analysis to 214; translated 214 commentary to English.19 JUL 26 - Updated 215, 217, 218, and 219 with codas in Japanese and English.18 JUL 26 - Updated 218 and 219 with additional poetics analysis and English translaton of commentary. Updated 215, 216, and 217 with additional poetics analysis, Speech Act analysis and English translation of commentary. Updated 216 with Japanese and English codas.17 JUL 26 - Updated 211 and 212 with additional poetics analysis, Speech Act analysis, English translation of commentary, and codas in Japanese and English. Updated 213 and 214 with additional poetics analysis.16 JUL 26 - Updated 208 and 210 with additional poetics analysis, Speech Act analysis, English translation of commentary, and codas in Japanese and English.15 JUL 26 - Updated 207 with additional poetics analysis, Speech Act analysis, English translation of commentary, and codas in Japanese and English.13 JUL 26 - Updated 021 and 032 with enhanced formatting, additional poetics analysis, English translation of commentary, and added codas in Japanese and English.10 JUL 26 - Gone on a retreat with furry family!09 JUL 26 - Updated 142 with additional poetics analysis, English translation of commentary, and added codas in Japanese and English.08 JUL 26 - Updated 126 with additional poetics analysis, updated formatting, corrected reference order and citation for Ueshiba (2005), and added codas in Japanese and English.03 JUL 26 - Updated 118 with improved formatting, added Shugyokai note, added additional poetic analysis, translated commentary to English and Japanese, and added codas to Japanese and English commentaries.30 JUN 26 - Updated project title.29 JUN 26 - Updated 134 with additional details on sho-chiku-bai, improved formatting, aditional poetics analyis; English translation of commentary, and Japanese and English codas. Updated 209 with additional poetics analyis; English translation of commentary, and Japanese and English codas.25 JUN 26 - Updated 203-205 with additional poetic analyses, Speech Act analyses, translated commentaries to English, and added codas in Japanese and English.24 JUN 26 - Updated formatting and citation style on 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, and 219.23 JUN 26 - Updated formatting and citation style on 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 210, and 211.19 JUN 26 - Going on another camping trip high up in the mountains!18 JUN 26 - Added additional poetic analyses to 011 and 105; updated English translation in 011; added English translation to 105; added Japanese and English codas to 011 and 105. Updated formatting and citation style on 203.17 JUN 26 - Updated formatting, citation style, added additional poetic analyses, and English translations to 009, 010, 202. Added Japanese and English codas to 009, 010, 043, 150, and 202.16 JUN 26 - Added codas to 035; added additional poetic device analyses and translations to English for 008, 135, and 043. Added Japanese and English codas to 008 and 135.14 JUN 26 - Updated 158–163 with improved formatting, updated citation styles, additional poetic device analyses, Speech Act Analyses, translated commentaries to English, and added Japanese and English codas.13 JUN 26 - Updated 155–157 with additional poetic device analyses, translated commentaries to English, and added Japanese and English codas; formatting improvements; clarified research memo on AdS/CFT in 157; updated formatting on 158.12 JUN 26 - Translated 124 commentary to English.11 JUN 26 - Updated 150–154 with Speech Act Analyses, added additional poetic device commentaries, translated commentary for to English. 124 updated with poetic device commentary, formatting improvements, and clarification.09 JUN 26 - Updated 149 with Speech Act Analysis; added additional poetic device commentary to 149.08 JUN 26 - Updated 144–148 with Speech Act Analysis; updated citation style; added additional poetic device commentary to 148.05 JUN 26 - Going on a camping trip up in the mountains!03 JUN 26 - Translated Primer-1 to Primer-6’s commentaries to English (still a proof of concept pending Phase V completion and Phase VI checks).02 JUN 26 - Updated 138–143 with Speech Act Analysis; updated citation style.01 JUN 26 - Updated 135–137 with Speech Act Analyses; updated citation styles.
Appendix II: Motion Coding
Appendix III: 著作権; Copyright
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Translations, summary titles, formatting, notes, images, and compilation as a whole is Copyright © 2025 Latex G.N.R. Space-Coyote. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction is not permitted without written, expressed permission from copyright holder except where brief reviews of work are being presented (no greater than 50 quoted words) for the purpose of fair use (for now, until translations settle). Be sure to use citation method and full date in retrievals as index and line pages may change at any moment!
Appendix IV: Conflict of Interest (COI) Statement
The main project translator, Latex G.N.R. Space-Coyote, as an uchi-deshi under Mitsugi Saotome, Shihan and had resided at Aikido Shobukan Dojo for approximately a decade. This potentially exhibits a potential conflict of interest in translating under paradigms of Aikido Schools of Ueshiba, Saotome Sensei, and perspectives of Aikido Shobukan Dojo’s senior instructors. Additionally, the translator has been raised in compartmentalized life due to parental military/intelligence secrecy, served in the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps as a contractor, Central Intelligence Agency as a contractor, received transmissions from Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche of Karma Kagyu, and has been trained in psychology, leadership training in psychological leadership programs, and has been biased by leadership training by Lencioni’s frameworks. These represent further potential conflicts of interest in representing generalized applications of the concepts herein.
However, the translation methodology heavily relies on critical translations within the domains of the text as written in forward/backward iterations to/from English/Japanese, relies on established literature, and attempts to alleviate, control for, and eliminate biases from external interpretations, instead relying on the words themselves controls for these conflicts. Reliance on AI platforms for editing, peer review, and additional research has furthered these controls. Therefore, it is quite reasonable to assert that the conflict is minimal, where opinions are reserved to notes attributed to Shugyokai in margin notes and in commentary.
Appendix V: 感謝の意; Appreciation
五月女貢先生には、十年にわたり「黙って見守る」内弟子の生活を許されたことに感謝します。VIP訪問者の方々、合気道聖武館道場には、無数の人々と共に修行できる禁欲的な環境を与えてくださったことに感謝します。パティ・五月女の合気道植芝流合気道学校とその使命、そしてそこに集う人々に感謝します。師範の先輩方、大先生（すなわち大先生）とその教え、 大本教、日本の偉大な人々の精神、彼らが統合した多様な文化と教え、そしてこの自閉的で奇妙なゴムのような妖怪・天狗・樹木人間の精神を受け入れた神道の深い神話的根源——グラウンド・セオリー（GT）の概念から概念への感受性へ、誠の心から心へ、そしてフェティッシュな人生と衝突する世界——は今や生ける真実となった。八大力王の叫び、到来——霜原槍の小盾。これは合気道の武士学者たち、修行に捧げる実践者たち、そして無限の世界の無限の衆生の利益に捧げる。最後に、身体の道場へ、そして心魂の実践者へ、さらに世界と、その根源へ、深い感謝を捧げます――畏敬の念こそが道なのです。
最後に、感謝の道──道場としての身体へ、修行者としての心と魂へ、世界そのもの、そして源そのものへ──畏敬そのものへの感謝こそが道である。
Thanks to Saotome Mitsugi Sensei for allowing me the privilege of a “silent observing” uchi-deshi life for a decade, VIP visitors, Aikido Shobukan Dojo for the privilege of an ascetic environment of countless people to practice with, Patty Saotome’s Aikido Schools of Ueshiba and its mission and peoples, Sensei’s sempai, the great master’s (i.e., O-Sensei’s) and the teachings, Omoto Kyo, the spirit of the great peoples of Japan, the many cultures and teachings these people integrated, and Shinto’s deep mythic roots that accepted this autistic queer rubbery yokai-tengu-tree-man spirit—From Ground Theory‘s (i.e., GT’s) concept to concept sensitivity, from Makoto‘s heart to heart, and a world colliding with a fetish life lived—has now become living truth. The shouts of the eight great power kings, arrived—small shield of a Samuhara spear. This is a dedicated to scholar-warriors of Aikidō, practitioners committed to shugyo, and the benefit of limitless beings of limitless worlds.
Finally, the path of gratitude—toward the body as dojo, toward the heart and soul as a practitioner, toward the world as one and the very source itself—gratitude toward reverence itself is the path.