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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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06-13-2011, 04:52 AM
zuludelta
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Big Jim
I know I rarely post here but was wondering if anything in the cards or books said if the Arashikage are bhuddist or if they are Shinto?
Quote:
Originally Posted by
lardman
Re. Shinto vs Buddhist, what would one expect to see in e.g. the Arashikage compound if they were one or the other? There are some background shots of the compound buildings, etc., in the various storylines, so something might be visible that would give us a point in the right direction.
The Arashikage are probably syncretists, like many Japanese. That is, their belief system is an informal conglomeration of various systems (with one system being the "primary" system), which in the Arashikage's case seems to be primarily based on Buddhism, Shinto, and a smattering of Taoist beliefs. The use of trigrams and the
I Ching
, for example, is closely associated with Taoist traditions (and occasionally Confucian ones as well) adapted from China. At the same time, I seem to recall flashbacks showing Shinto
torii
in the Arashikage compound, but that doesn't really confirm things one way or another, since
torii
are often used in Zen Buddhist temples in Japan as well (goes back to the country's long tradition of Buddhism-Shinto syncretism that stretches back over 15 centuries). But most significantly, Storm-Shadow's little philosophical asides throughout the comics (but particularly in issue #s 66 and 67 of the original 1980s comics) seems to paint him as a practitioner of Buddhism (or at least someone whose personal philosophy and beliefs are strongly influenced by Buddhist thought). The question is, do the other Arashikage share in this philosophical outlook or is this something unique to Storm-Shadow?
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