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Mystic Beautiful Shrine-Maiden (Miko)

A CHERRY MAIDEN


[No.001]

Even in my dreams, blossoms came fluttering down on the night, I spent sleeping in borrowed quarters on hillside in springtime. ( Kokin-Waka-Shu )

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PURIFICATION


[No.002]

In the deep mountains, there is the sacred place from ancient times. In the middle of the soft swirl of pleasant wind, the shrine-maiden draws near the sacred great tree.

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PRAY WITH ROSE


[No.003]

Softly, the shrine-maiden blows her breath into the rose, and the rose blows her breath into her body. .., a subtle "conjunction"between them.
(Adhi-Yoga-Samadhi)

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Legend of Lady Kuloyuli (Japanese Edit.)

DANCE WITH ROSE


[No.004]

She indicates a flower silently. A flower as the secret of life. Current of life from her body and our lives. ..

A SACRED MARRIAGE


[No.022]

In the sacred chamber, the maiden is waiting...
Before dawn, she changes her clothes thin "hitoe",
then makes her breath soft...
She is waiting for ...to visit...
Then, it dawns...
The arrow of Sun light pierces the east window, and pierces her body...
She makes her body trembling...
A sacred marriage of shrine-maiden in ancient Japan...

(Hitoe; A kimono made of one sheet of cloth which is used from spring to autumn, or in a bedroom.)

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Legend of Lady Kuloyuli (Japanese Edit.)

 

 

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