"Portrait of Empress Kōmyō" (光明皇后像) by Kobori Tomoto (小堀鞆音), 1920's, illustrating the scene in which the Empress (701-760) administers a medicinal bath to a leper (actually a divine bodhisattva in disguise) according to her vow at the temple bathhouse she established.
"Retrato de la emperatriz Kōmyō" (光明皇后像) de Kobori Tomoto (小堀鞆音), años 20, que ilustra la escena en la que la emperatriz (701-760) administra un baño medicinal a un leproso (en realidad un bodhisattva divino disfrazado) según su voto en la casa de baños del templo que ella estableció
Hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk from the collection of Hokkeji Temple (法華寺) in Nara
Image from "Amamonzeki: A Hidden Heritage: Treasures of the Japanese Imperial Convents" published by the Sankei Shimbun, 2009, page 52
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長谷寺 Hase-dera / ��阪寺 Tsubosaka-dera
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InoShikaCho traditions…
Happy Birthday Shikadai!!
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Valley of Cherry Blossoms
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Part 2: Happiness
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I’ve always hc’d that their falling for each other was incredibly slow and gradual and didn’t really come to fruition until the war arc…
Part 1
Part 3 (link will be updated when I finish)
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