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   From: davidjohnston29@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2019-07-29 8:36 a.m., Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   >          Yukibana no Tora                Ongoing 0.0   
   >   
   > Author: HIGASHIMURA Akiko   
   >   
   > Genres: Drama Seinen Historical Gender Bender   
   >   
   > The life of daimyo Uesugi Kenshin commanded authority and fear during   
   > the Sengoku period of Japanese history. In this retelling, the powerful   
   > lord is reimagined as a woman.   
   >   
   >          July 28, 2019   
   >          1) the author - have liked nearly all of her work.  I   
   haven't   
   > seen all of it.   
   >   
   >      2) the subject.  I have seen the NHK Taiga drama "Furin Kazan"   
   > related to this character and many features of the story accord with   
   > the manga author's somewhat understated premise. Kenshin acted during   
   > life more like a lady than a man.  Never married or took concubines so   
   > no direct heirs.  In the drama this is seen as Buddhist devotion but   
   > Buddhism never demanded celibacy from the devout.   
      
   Buddhism did have a monastic tradition.   
      
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