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   From: bliss@mouse-potato.com   
      
   On 7/29/19 8:08 AM, David Johnston wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   	Yes it did but while the child was raised and educated in   
   a Buddhist institution Buddhism did not impose Celibacy even on   
   the monks who generally were noted for pedophilic behavior but   
   were also given to drink and whoring.  Kenshin drank a lot   
   apparently.  The Kami of War Bishmontan(sic) depicted as   
   a woman may indicate a true devotion by a male or female.   
   Certainly K. was devoted to war though not extraordinarily   
   good at war and wasted a lot of resources on war.   
   	   
   	The end of women as Daimyo was in the Tokugawa era   
   in the rules Ieyasu established for the governance of his   
   realm.   I spent some time learning about Kenshin from   
   various online sources then looked up Yamaouchi Kazutoyo   
   (Tôtômi) who aided by his wife Chiyo ended up as the Lord   
   of Tosa. He distributed his lands among his loyal vassals   
   and children.  The NHK taiga drama, Taiko tells the story   
   of the unification of Japan with Chiyo as the viewpoint   
   character, helping her husband, meeting with all the   
   major characters of those years of fighting.   
   	Tosa was one of the provinces which helped foment   
   the Meji rebellion against the Tokugawa shogunate.   
      
   	bliss   
      
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