Answer C#1: Tell him the crane is "Kyodai-in's Portrait" ^^
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Question C#1: How do you make smart priests nervous? (Nichiren Shoshu priests)
Answer C#1: Mention to him that the crane is "Kyodai-in's Portrait"
We've all heard this phrase over the years and wondered, how the heck does
that picture of a bird and wings and that skinny neck and beak look like a
woman? She must have been a strange looking lady !!! I've heard it many times
from older members, and the priesthood commonly use the phrase amongst
themselves, some knowing, some probably unbeknownst of the true meaning.
Ah, but what some of us didn't understand was that she didn't "sit" for the
portrait. She was erect, but not upright.
In a quote from: (http://hometown.aol.com/charlestmf/index.html)
"Among the innovations perfected by the corrupted men of power at this time
was 'nawa shibari', the immobilization of naked women by tying them with ropes,
in subjugated positions. One famous position is called 'Komon Sarashi Shibari',
leaving the woman exposed for long periods of time. Time enough for an artist
to be inspired to make an erotic painting."
With the kômon exposed.
Nikko's School was called, at that time, the Nichiren Shu Komon School, and was
in the process of being subjugated and undermined by Kyodai-in's cousin, the
religious leader of Japanese Buddhism, Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, and with
the help of a close personal friend, 17th High Priest Nissei, to whom
she donated money for building the Image Hall, where her portrait is
displayed prominently. The Nichiren sects, especially Nikko's school, were
a real thorn in the side of the Tokugawa's, so special efforts were made.
Which Komon/kômon is which?
In a class text on Topics in Medieval Japanese History
(http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/g/j/gjs4/480/intro_main.htm):
"Notice also the small line over the last vowel in Hokkaidô. This line is
called a macron, and it indicates that the vowel should be pronounced for an
extended length of time, roughly 1.7 times the ordinary length. English does
not make distinctions between the length of vowels, but it is very important in
Japanese. If, for example, you are explaining to someone in Japanese that you
are so-and-so's advisor, be careful about vowel length. "Komon" means
"advisor," but the default meaning of "kômon" is "anus" (or, in certain
contexts, "a disciple of Confucius" or "school gate".)"
So someone thought it funny to undermine the only hope of humanity, the purest
remaining school of Nichiren's teachings, with a symbol that looked like a
crane, and well ... something else ...
(http://hometown.aol.com/charlestmf/Crane_html_m6ed4ddd6.gif)
Question C#1: How do you make smart priests nervous? (Nichiren Shoshu priests)
Answer C#1: Mention to him that the crane is "Kyodai-in's Portrait"
If they know, they will react in a manner that is unmistakeable. And many old
Hokkeko will, too. It shows that they are corrupt, since if they knew and
didn't divorce themselves from bowing to "Kyodai-in's Portrait", would they be
uncorrupted by that? Could they be?
Now, everyone will know. And see the truth of it.
-Chas.