Comments on: Hinamatsuri 2010

By: Doug 陀愚

Doug 陀愚 — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:55:32 +0000

Hello and welcome. Unfortunately, I am not a Nichiren follower at all, so I can’t answer your question. Also, the practice of Hinamatsuri probably comes after Nichiren, so I doubt he had an opinion about it anyway. Thanks!

By: angeles cruz

angeles cruz — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:44:23 +0000

What did Nichiren Daishonin think about the hinamatsuri?

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:20:22 +0000

the “display only” and “please do not touch” signs kind of spoil the effect of that shop display.

If you knew the neighborhood the shop was in, it might make more sense. It’s far removed from Picadilly Square and the Japan Centre, believe me. :-/

Good point about the beauty of sparseness and seasonality, which are definitely hallmarks of Japanese “art”. I was going to write on that coincidentally soon after reading a book on Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the infamous shogun.

My book collection has been large at times, and I was forced to trim down to “essential” books only (still one whole bookshelf, yikes). Amazing how few books you actually need, which I didn’t appreciate until I moved back to the States and had little to carry with me.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:25:21 +0000

the “display only” and “please do not touch” signs kind of spoil the effect of that shop display.

I sort of like the sparseness and seasonality of traditional Japanese décor. Everything packed away in boxes until it’s put out for a while in the right season.
Of course the other style I’ve seen in movies is the books everywhere décor of the impoverished writer, which is more the way I’m going!