Vol.27
Forest of Thought
Returning to the Original Substance of the Mind｜Knowledge and Skill Are Only a Means
In the 160 years since the Meiji era, acquiring knowledge and skills, which should have been means, became ends, and people lost the meaning of living. In Instructions for Practical Living, Wang Yangming teaches that the learning of the sage is to return to the original substance of the mind that everyone has. Knowledge and skill are only means to that end.
Kunitsukami Project
Ogetsuhime and Otsuki in Hata｜A Goddess Whose Origins Lie in the Kuroshio
In Kamiyama Town, Awa Province, the goddess Ogetsuhime is enshrined at Kamiichinomiya Oawa Shrine. Judging from the name, this deity is "a princess of some tribe called Ogetsu." In Hata District in southwest Shikoku lies Otsuki Town, and the goddess of Awa may, unexpectedly, have had her origins in the Kuroshio.
KINEMA 2400
To Trap a Kidnapper and Toei Tokyo｜The Speed That Survived Toei's Decline
To Trap a Kidnapper, produced by Toei Tokyo and Nippon Television around the time Toei, once proud of its ninkyo and yakuza films, lost its momentum, drew on a real child kidnapping case. This one film still holds the speed of a Toei that would produce a film the moment an incident occurred.