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Mystic Beautiful Shrine-Maiden (Miko)She wares the thin robe and waits for arrival of the god..,tucks up her silk robe gently..,exposes her gracefull thighs in the cool comfortable night wind..A CHERRY MAIDEN Even in my dreams, blossoms came fluttering down on the night, I spent sleeping in borrowed quarters on hillside in springtime. ( Kokin-Waka-Shu )PURIFICATION 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 PRAY WITH ROSE 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) DANCE WITH ROSE She indicates a flower silently. as the secret of life. Current life from her body and our lives. .. SACRED MARRIAGE In chamber, maiden is waiting... Before dawn, changes clothes thin HITOE-- then makes breath soft... waiting for ...to visit... Then, it dawns... arrow Sun light pierces east window, body... trembling... shrine-maiden ancient Japan...(Hitoe; kimono made one sheet cloth which used spring to autumn, or bedroom.)photographs,tale,dramaturgy,romance,legendary literature,photographer,cameraman,film-maker,movie,still,cinematographer,lighting,advertizing,black and white print sale,art,nature,healing,symbolism,Japanese elegant traditional culture,Shinto,waka,Zeami,kusemai,shirabyoshi,keisei,Yamato,Yamatai,Izumo,Kumanobikuni,Koziki,Nihonshoki,Konjaku,Kokin-wakashu,Shinkokin-wakashu,Ise,Genzi-monogatari,Heike,Nara,Heian,Kamakura,Muromachi,Edo,pray,misogi,inori,priestess,elegance,enigma,kimono,wahuku,hakama,chihaya,Japanese costume,silk wear,hitoe,Japanese clothes,Japanese pretty girls,fairy,witch,hime,princess,queen,shaman,Himiko,magic,Zen,subtle dance,mysterious dramas theaters purification,fertile ceremony,esotericism,Buddhism,tantra,homa,kalacakra,dharani,mahasukha,padma,yogini,kanya,maithuna,adhisthana,Dakinijala,mantra,mudra,prajna,paramita,maya,Ninlil,ancient civilization

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[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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[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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[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 (Under Construction.)

 

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. ..

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[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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