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next time i am in Japan i need to stop here to pay tribute to such a great film maker!
shakuhachi 3 years ago 3
You are welcome!
Kamakura is near Tokyo. You can easily visit this ancient capital of Samourai. And please try some authentic courses of Japanese Zen dinner,Syojin-Ryori*. For they are vegetarian, they have very sophisticated and really beautiful manners of meat-less cooking in Kamakura!
About centuries ago, your Shakuhachi was also an important symbol of Japanese Fuke-Zen**, but now it's a dirty slang. So when you cum to Japan, difficult to expect shakuhachi in this chic town.
*精進料理 **普化禅
moufjp 3 years ago
i have been to kamakura a few times and had some amazing shojin food while there! Did not know Ozu's grave was tehre so next time i will look for it!!
shakuhachi 3 years ago
Really? Great! (You are Kent Derricot, non?)
And if you want to practice Zen, it's available on every Saturday evening in this temple, Engakuji.
But it is not a "Beginners' Zen trial course" but a real training of Zen life style. You should make Zazen for several hours and stay there until next morning.
So it is very strict and I can not recommend it to any foreign tourists.
The Japanese greatest novelist, Soseki Natsume had also practiced Zazen in this temple. Thank you for your comments.
moufjp 3 years ago
Apparently the sole Shinto symbol on the grave translates as "nothing".
JLDoggard 4 years ago
Thank you!
The character is Mu* (nothing) but it is an important symbol of the Zen Buddhism.
In Japan, marriage is usually performed in Shinto styles but most of all funerals are in Buddhism.
So he was buried in Engakuji Temple in Kamakura, which is a mother-temple of the Zen Buddhism and he took the scene of tea ceremony of "Late spring" in this temple.
And Ozu loved drinking. So in front of his tomb, you can see a lot of canned beers including expensive Guinness or Yebisu.
*無
moufjp 3 years ago
it's always incredible for me how the Japanese culture is able to transform everything, even some cans of beer, into elegance and spirituality!
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btw: "le tombe di" is Italian, isn't it? why did you choose to write the title in Italian? (just curious :))
elicottero 3 years ago
oops, maybe it's French too, sorry...
elicottero 3 years ago