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This is how Japan's national e(...) 04/16/26(Thu)16:49:37 No.18434234

This is how Japan's national epic (The Tale of the Heike) opens: Anonymous 04/16/26(Thu)16:49:37 No.18434234 Archived

>"The sound of the Gion Shōja bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sāla flowers reveals the truth that the prosperous must decline. The proud do not endure, they are like a dream on a spring night; the mighty fall at last, they are as dust before the wind."

Isn't that hauntingly beautiful?
All children in Japan learn to recite it from memory at school.

Anonymous
04/17/26(Fri)07:25:24 No.18435180

Anonymous 04/17/26(Fri)07:25:24 No.18435180

Bump

Anonymous
04/17/26(Fri)07:32:58 No.18435185

Anonymous 04/17/26(Fri)07:32:58 No.18435185

>>18434234
>Isn't that hauntingly beautiful?
beats their usual mukashi mukashi aru hi and yoisho dokkoisho bullshit

Anonymous
04/17/26(Fri)11:23:33 No.18435489

Anonymous 04/17/26(Fri)11:23:33 No.18435489

>>18435185
Well of course, it's not a fairy tale

Anonymous
04/17/26(Fri)12:07:55 No.18435542

Anonymous 04/17/26(Fri)12:07:55 No.18435542

>>18435185
>epic for learned warrior-aristocrats vs bedtime story for dumb brats
no shit