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A scene from the “Illustrated Biographies of the Founders of the Kegon School” (華厳宗祖師絵伝) dating to the Kamakura period (1185-1333) in the collection of Kōzanji Temple (高山寺) up in northwest Kyoto, with text by the temple’s founder Myōe (明恵)

The scene depicts the young lady Shanmiao (善妙 Zenmyō) transforming into a dragon and safely escorting the Korean monk & Kegon founder Uisang (義湘 Gijō) across the sea from Tang China back to the Korean peninsula

We’re moving! Time to start boxing everything up. I’m a bit worried about how I’ll get everything to the new house in one piece. I’ll let everyone know how things came out when I get to unpacking. 

A scene from the “Illustrated Biographies of the Founders of the Kegon School” (華厳宗祖師絵伝) dating to the Kamakura period (1185-1333) in the collection of Kōzanji Temple (高山寺) up in northwest Kyoto, with text by the temple’s founder Myōe (明恵) 

The scene depicts the meeting of the Korean monk & Kegon founder Uisang (義湘 Gijō) and the Tang Chinese merchant’s daughter Shanmiao (善妙 Zenmyō) who immediately takes a liking to him, to which he can be seen replying “I am a monk so I cannot accept your feelings for me. Please open your heart and transfer those feelings to support the Buddhist teachings instead.”

Meet Likit and Gijo, two tikbalang buds taking a wee break... and some takoyaki!?