#Rinsenji

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Samurai Wisdom —Uesugi Kenshin [NHK World Japan]

Dubbed by Japanese historians as the "Just Samurai" for his strong sense of integrity and justice, and known by fellow Samurai as the "Dragon of Echigo", is Uesugi Kenshin, who defeats his rivals, under his banner of Bishamonten, the God of War.

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Petals of Haiku Enters Immortality – The book together with Hikari’s painting of the cover will be displayed in the Treasure House of the Rinsenji Temple, Japan

My Dear Readers, I am eternally grateful to Hikari, and to the Head Priest -Sasagawa – 笹川住職 – of the Rinsenji Temple in Japan for choosing to display a picture of Petals of Haiku together with Hikari’s original painting for the book cover in the prestigious Treasure House of the Rinsenji Temple. This is an […]Petals of Haiku Enters Immortality – The book together with Hikari’s painting of the…

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春日山林泉寺。Kasugayama Rinsenji.　春日神社は遠目に見る。

[samurailoveballadhistory]

Heyyyy so first of all: I've been studying the Sengoku Era outside of otome for a while now and I've got to say your blog is SO mf helpful I dont think you understand. You spend your time giving detailed answers and I swear I love it to death. And I've got a little question;

Warning: Spoilers Ahead for Kenshin's Unification Arc > Divine Lover > Epilogue > Act 2 ep 3/4

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Soo basically theres this line where MC and Kenshin decide to move to Rinsenji (a temple) and MC narrates that they've decided to "enter the order there." Thing is wtf does that mean? Like, are they living as monks now? Ah. Though I do believe it was said in the later part of his route that Rinsenji was a temple where women werent allowed. Though they had traveled there together in like the first chapter of this route. If they're living as monks, does that mean they're not allowed to have kids??

Warning: what I consider to be a major spoiler ahead: (just a comment on the last part of the question above)

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(Because lemme tell you. Even after "Decades have passed" there's still no mention of kiddos.)

Anyways. I understand if you can't answer this ask or if it takes a while (or if it never gets answered) -- thanks for keeping this blog up <333

Hello my good anon. Thank you for your message. I'm glad you find my posts useful.

Per the Japanese text, to my recollection the text actually says they "reside in the temple". So they just live there as something like a retirement home, and don't become monks and nuns. I am not 100% sure, since it's been 1+ year since I last read the Japanese version. I can rerun the route and check it, and I will come back with a confirmation in... a few weeks or so.

Rinsenji 林泉寺 is Soto Zen Buddhist temple, and they do segregate the monks and nuns. The temple will just have monks, and the nuns have their own nunneries. I do not think the "no women" rule applies to "house guests" who reside in the temple or temple compound without being ordained, but don't quote me on this. I am not able to find specific details on the rules.

Kids not being mentioned is a storytelling decision. This is not something I have authority to say anything about, haha. Maybe they just leave it open for later events? It does not say "they died childless" after all. They'll keep things as open-ended as they can, for as long as the game keeps running. Which we hope will be for a good long while.

Just an additional comment. The Rinsenji is significant because it was the temple Kenshin was sent to be educated in his childhood (then still called Torachiyo). Some older storytelling said that he was there to be removed from succession and become a monk, but some other versions said he was just there to study like a normal samurai child. A lot of samurai families send their sons to be educated in temples as opposed to having home tutors. Monks are highly educated, and perhaps the lords want the sons to learn discipline too.

There was a story that Kenshin almost quit his lordship to become a monk permanently (so maybe that ending is inspired by this), but he didn’t go to Rinsenji for it. He was aiming for priesthood in a Bishamonten devotee sect.

[daeva-agas]

In the first chapter of Kenshin sequel.

They went to Rinsenji, the temple where Kenshin was raised in.

They also referenced Kenshin yeeting out of the castle to return to the temple LMAO...

Also. This time Honganji surrendered and Kennyo ain’t dead. Good. Fer crying out loud, really. I legit can’t tell if the writers of the previous sequels that mentioned the fall of Honganji genuinely didn’t know or they purposely had Honganji go up in flames for DORAMA.

[newtypezaku]

There were performances throughout the weekend at Kasugayama Shrine, Rinsenji, and a big parking lot near the station. The stage at the shrine was busy on Saturday morning with sword, jukendo, and taiko demonstrations.

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