And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
For those of you who have not been blessed to have visited the Land of the Rising Sun or perhaps have been able to study it, that structure is called a "Torii Gate."
Used to mark the entrance to a sacred place, usually a Shinto shrine. I was lucky enough to spend four years there in the 1970s, when it was even less Westernized and less touristy. It's still wonderful, especially if you get past the major tourist attractions.
Yes. The gate marks the entrance to the "Sacred World". You are supposed to be purified by a ritual before you are allowed to walk under it. I suspect that part has been pretty much forgotten.
Not intended as an advertisement, but one of these played a role in an AI-generated 2hr movie I just made. If anybody wants to watch, it is here (yes there are continuity errors everywhere, that is the state of low budgets and relatively free video clip generators):
For those of you who have not been blessed to have visited the Land of the Rising Sun or perhaps have been able to study it, that structure is called a "Torii Gate."
ReplyDeleteUsed to mark the entrance to a sacred place, usually a Shinto shrine. I was lucky enough to spend four years there in the 1970s, when it was even less Westernized and less touristy. It's still wonderful, especially if you get past the major tourist attractions.
DeleteMy Air Force father was stationed there from 1958 to 1960. It was even less westernized and less touristy before.
DeleteYes. The gate marks the entrance to the "Sacred World". You are supposed to be purified by a ritual before you are allowed to walk under it. I suspect that part has been pretty much forgotten.
DeleteNot intended as an advertisement, but one of these played a role in an AI-generated 2hr movie I just made. If anybody wants to watch, it is here (yes there are continuity errors everywhere, that is the state of low budgets and relatively free video clip generators):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgWv94l_2dA
.....and for those of you who live in places blessed with too much sun, that white stuff on the ground & trees is called "snow".
ReplyDeleteI was there in 66, stationed at Iwakuni.
ReplyDeleteHere in NW Alabama it’s 96 degrees in the shade at 6:15pm.
ReplyDeleteYep - about the same over here east of you...
DeleteDon't get any more Japanese than that.
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