RESIDUAL ECHOES...LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FOR SHE WAS UTTERLY WEARY OF THE LOVE THAT SHE RECIEVED FROM THE MEN OF THIS WORLD. THE IMPERIAL CONCUBINEWAS FULLY AWARE OF HER OWN BEAUTY, AND SHE TENDED TO BE ATTRACTED BY ANY FORCE, SUCH AS RELIGION, THAT TREATED HER BEAUTY AND HER HIGH RANK AS THINGS OF NO VALUE. BEING EXCEEDINGLY BORED WITH THE PRESENT WORLD, SHE BELIEVED IN THE PURE LAND. IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT JODO BUDDHISM, WHICH REJECTED ALL THE BEAUTYAND BRILLIANCE OF THE VISUAL WORLD AS BEING MERE FILTH AND DEFILEMENT, SHOULD HAVE A PARTICULAR APPEAL FOR SOMEONE LIKE THE IMPERIAL CONCUBINE WHO WAS THOROUGHLY DISILLUSIONED WITH THE SUPERFICIAL ELEGANCE OF COURT LIFE- AN ELEGANCETHAT SEEMED UNMISTAKABLY TO BESPEAK THE LATTER DAYS OF THE LAW AND THEIR DEGENERACY.YUKIO MISHIMA, 1966
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