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~ The Tunnel ~
Zenkai, the son of a samurai, journeyed to Edo and there became the retainer of a high official. He fell in love with the official’s wife and was discovered. In self-defense, he slew the official. Then he ran away with the wife.
Both of them later became thieves. But the woman was so greedy that Zenkai grew disgusted. Finally, leaving her, he journeyed far away to the province of Buzen, where he became a wandering mendicant.
To atone for his past, Zenkai resolved to accomplish some good deed in his lifetime. Knowing of a dangerous road over a cliff that had caused the death and injury of many persons, he resolved to cut a tunnel through the mountain there.
Begging food in the daytime, Zenkai worked at night digging his tunnel. When thirty years had gone by, the tunnel was 2,280 feet long, 20 feet high, and 30 feet wide.
Two years before the work was completed, the son of the official he had slain, who was a skillful swordsman, found Zenkai out and came to kill him in revenge.
“I will give you my life willingly,” said Zenkai. “Only let me finish this work. On the day it is completed, then you may kill me.”
So the son awaited the day. Several months passed and Zenkai kept on digging. The son grew tired of doing nothing and began to help with the digging. After he had helped for more than a year, he came to admire Zenkai’s strong will and character.
At last the tunnel was completed and the people could use it and travel in safety.
“Now cut off my head,” said Zenkai. “My work is done.”
“How can I cut off my own teacher’s head?” asked the younger man with tears in his eyes.
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Thank you, you make me stronger and stronger .....
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Source: www.101zenstories.com/
This grand old Beech tree in Shireoaks park is still looking alright and so far hasn't lost any limbs this winter.
A long unexpected Journey (4 mile hike through the woods) brought us to this nicely paved path with a beautiful sandstone retainer wall.
Ivy Retainer set Available at the Cosmopolitan Event in Second Life
and at my store at Overdrive Island when the event ends
Dropping downgrade into Two Harbors, Minnesota a trainload of BFT - blast furnace trim in older 1950 vintage cars smokes it up with retainers set down the 2.9% grade in the last beams of sunlight of the day 10-24-17.
Time to photograph this ancient beech tree for my year-long challenge. The buds are not much more advanced than this time last month. There has been a lot of rain lately and more came this evening.
This grave can be found on the grounds of Isshin-ji Temple in Osaka.
Honda Tadatomo (1582 - June 3, 1615) was the second son of Tokugawa Ieyasu's famous retainer and general, Honda Tadakatsu. Following the battle of Sekigahara, in 1601 Tadakatsu was given the fief of Kuwana and Tadatomo was granted control of his father's old fief of Ōtaki in Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture), valued at 100,000 koku.
Tadatomo was known to be a quite valiant on the battlefield and quite a capable commander when not under the influence of sake. His love of sake earned him the ire of Ieyasu during the Winter Siege of Osaka (Osaka Fuyu no Jin) in 1614, who blamed Tadatomo's drunkenness for a defeat. As a proud samurai from an illustrious house and living in the shadow and memory of a larger-than-life father, this criticism from the shogun himself must have hit a nerve with Tadatomo, who during the Summer Siege of Osaka (Osaka Natsu no Jin) in 1615, would make up for his previous blunder and save his reputation.
During the final day of fighting at Osaka in Tennōji, Tadatomo's forces were in the vanguard of the main Tokugawa body when the Toyotomi launched a vicious, last-ditch general assault. The Toyotomi tore into the Tokugawa forces to the point where Osaka samurai under the command of the famed Sanada Yukimura were pressing dangerously close to Ieyasu's headquarters. Seeing the perilous situation that his liege lord was in, Tadatomo regrouped his troops and led a hammering counter-attack on Yukimura's forces, blunting his advance and changing the tide of the battle. Neither Yukimura nor Tadatomo would survive this furious clash and a few hours later, the massive Osaka Castle keep would be engulfed in flames , bringing an end to the Toyotomi clan.
However, before he fell in battle, Tadatomo was said to be dying and he knew it. His love of sake had nearly ruined his career and was now supposedly taking his life. Shortly before he died, he allegedly said something along the lines, "Liquor should be banned. All those who stand before my grave will undoubtedly abhor it." As a result, Tadatomo's grave became a place of worship for alcoholics trying to go sober.
Working on cleaning my teeth a little better. I’ve always tried to be thorough but I hate anything less than white so polish polish polish.
For TOTW: Tiny Words
For tHe VeNt: Anything but blood? Jamie rocks.
Round 2 bitches.
I wore braces as a teenager. I didn’t wear my retainer. My stupid teeth shifted back to their dumb ass original placement. And at the age of 31, single father, full blown adult, very much a MAN, in charge of many people at my job, I today got my braces on.
Bam!!!
A 31-year-old man with braces. Suck it baby.
But I couldn’t help but think I could pull the “cute” look off. Some girls dig the braces look. Or at least I heard that when I was 17. My kid thinks they are hilarious. Almost scary.
This reminds me back when I was a teenager. A high school kid. Those were by far the worst years of my life.
I was always a quiet kid in high school. I walked around in fear. I kept to myself. I didn’t understand anything. I was petrified of the other kids. I hated life. I was confused. I didn’t understand my penis any more than did I understand these girls I was suddenly much attracted to.
It was so confusing. I hated all those fucks I was surrounded by everyday. High school for me was a complete nightmare. I was unhappy, confused, and dorky. I didn’t have much friends. And the friends I did have were nerds like me. I guess I wasn’t a “nerd” in the true sense of the word, but I sure was quiet. I hated the peer pressure. I hated the assholes that seemed to rule me till I got out of high school.
I’m 31 now. I’m an adult. I’m so far removed from that high school horseshit. I love being 31. My teenage years were so confusing and fucked up. I hated every minute of it. Seriously.
And it’s so funny. People that I meet right now in my life that LOVED high school typically end up to be losers and people who HATED high school typically end up to be rock stars.
Not true across the board, but that’s just my experience.
High school kids can suck my cock. They are usually immature dickwads who are a pain in my ass.
In any case, here I am with my BRAND NEW braces looking like a total high school kid. By next year my teeth will be PERFECTLY straight.
I CAN’T WAIT!!!!! Actually it sucks right now. I have a headache. My teeth hurt. I can’t eat carrots or hard nuts anymore (my favorite snack foods?).
Yeah…It’s worth it.
STRAIGHT TEETH HERE I COME!!
This time I’ll wear my retainer when I’m done. Fuck me for not doing it the first time I had braces. This time it’s costing my $6000 out of pocket.
ARGHGHHGHGHHHGHGHHGHGHHGHG!!!!
June 2nd, 2009
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A perfect example of the smaller type of fortified manor house, Penhow was developed from a heavily-built keep necessary to protect the knightly retainers of the local earl, who lived in almost impregnable majesty at nearby Chepstow Castle. This great Norman stronghold and bridgehead into Wales was the first castle with a stone keep to be built in Britain by the conquering Normans in 1070. "Knight's Fee" manors and castles like Penhow were established to protect the outlying farmlands and give advance warning of any Welsh uprising. The area that is now known as Gwent was settled by families that had come over from France with or in the wake of William the Conqueror, and we know that Sir Roger de St Maur was at Penhow by 1129, for he witnessed the charter that founded the priory of Monmouth in that year. In return for the task of keeping down the Welsh, providing a quota of men for guard duty at Chepstow every month, and for supplying one man mounted on a horse in times of War, Sir Roger was permitted to usurp the Manor of Penhow from its native Welsh prince, and gain a toehold on the feudal ladder. Sir Roger's home was a cold stone Pele tower that stood alone on its rocky knoll, and directly overlooked the conquered natives in their 'Welshry' at Talgarth. It was the first home in Britain of a family destined to become one of the greatest in the land.
Source: www.castlewales.com/penhow.html
I hate this but it kept going wrong and Lightroom was playing up and I have a million other things (that are wayyy more important!) to do.
The is the beginning of my kinda theme week. I'm doing a week of cliche 365 shots, the ones that you see so many of in the pool. I'm not sure who did any of them first but they've all since been done hundreds of times. With only a couple of months left I thought I should make sure to include them all in my set!
La 11ème Convention Manga Geek du Centre Bretagne à Pontivy : Rencontre avec White-haired Cloud Retainer du manga Genshin Impact.
This is where the 47 Rōnin of Akō, along with their lord, Asano Naganori, are interred. Sengaku-ji is located in the Takanawa are of Minato-ku, Tokyo, near Shinagawa Station.
Ōishi Kuranosuke was the chief retainer of the Asano clan during the turmoil associated with the 47 Rōnin incident, in which the feudal lord, Asano Naganori, attacked and wounded Kira Yoshinaka within Edo Castle. As drawing a weapon within the shogun's castle was a capital offence, Asano was sentenced to commit seppuku the same day.
As a result of Asano's impulsive behavior, the Shogunate disbanded the Asano clan and seized their lands. Ōishi and 46 other former Asano retainers waited and unleashed their misguided revenge on Kira, attacking his home in the dead of night in December 1703, killing his body guards as well as taking his head and placing it in front of Asano's tomb in Sengaku-ji Temple in Takanawa, Tokyo.
All the Akō rōnin were sentenced to death by seppuku (harakiri). Actually, recent scholarship is saying that the rōnin may have not been allowed the honor of death by seppuku, but were actually beheaded like common criminals. The promise of the right of death by seppuku may have been a sugar-coated lie told by the shogunate to help the public more easily swallow the death sentence imposed on the Akō rōnin.
Anyway, the loyalty that these guys showed to their foolish lord by committing what can only be described as what me and some of my friends refer to as a feudal "drive-by"- Japanese style, has been lauded by the Japanese public ever since. The facts behind the actual events have been buried in the countless puppet and kabuki plays as well as movies that have been made about this.
I'm not a terribly big fan of Asano Naganori, nor do I think the Akō rōnin were particularly "brave" by carrying out a night attack after a party and fighting a small group of drunk bodyguards and taking the head of a feeble old man. But, this perspective is from modern, western eyes. In reality, night attacks of this nature have always been a staple of samurai warfare, being documented since the Heian period. As much as I don't partake in the 47 Rōnin Kool Aid drinking parties, I do admit to enjoying watching a good fictional film or kabuki play about these guys.
A Union Pacific westbound intermodal crosses a culvert that include a retainer made from a UP "Route of the Streamliners" flat car body. Three quarters of the engine consist is from EMD including the Norfolk Southern unit. The train is westbound several miles from Evanston, WY.
dr. vlakova: an elegant, driven, no-nonsense evil scientist, working for the brotherhood of makuta (on retainer, though this hasn't stopped her from referring to herself as "makuta vlakova" occasionally in conversation and on her business cards) alongside mutran. not typically a people person, she has a soft spot for her homunculus, zygor (not that she'd let anyone else see it, reputation and all that)
zygor (pronounced zee-gor): a homunculus and vlakova's first successful attempt at creating life back during childhood. energetic, friendly, and clumsy, zygor was originally the pet vlakova was never allowed to have, and is supposed to be the doctor's lab assistant... if not for the fact that his massive eye is constantly distracted by shiny things due to his childlike nature. he also has a tendency to wander off when the pair go out in public, much to her frustration.
for mitch henry's two-of-a-kind contest. two complimentary characters. tried to think of something less obvious than "opposite elements" or "x and y things that go together," so i wound up on a mad scientist and their creation. also i finally got to use that stupid soccer ball and nestle top for something and that makes me happy. additional photos on my page.
The unusually warm weather this season ensured that pockets of autumn foliage remained well into mid-December here in Tokyo. This was taken at Sengaku-ji.
This is where the 47 Rōnin of Akō, along with their lord, Asano Naganori, are interred. Sengaku-ji is located in the Takanawa are of Minato-ku, Tokyo, near Shinagawa Station.
Ōishi Kuranosuke was the chief retainer of the Asano clan during the turmoil associated with the 47 Rōnin incident, in which the feudal lord, Asano Naganori, attacked and wounded Kira Yoshinaka within Edo Castle. As drawing a weapon within the shogun's castle was a capital offence, Asano was sentenced to commit seppuku the same day.
As a result of Asano's impulsive behavior, the Shogunate disbanded the Asano clan and seized their lands. Ōishi and 46 other former Asano retainers waited and unleashed their misguided revenge on Kira, attacking his home in the dead of night in December 1703, killing his body guards as well as taking his head and placing it in front of Asano's tomb in Sengaku-ji Temple in Takanawa, Tokyo.
All the Akō rōnin were sentenced to death by seppuku (harakiri). Actually, recent scholarship is saying that the rōnin may have not been allowed the honor of death by seppuku, but were actually beheaded like common criminals. The promise of the right of death by seppuku may have been a sugar-coated lie told by the shogunate to help the public more easily swallow the death sentence imposed on the Akō rōnin.
Anyway, the loyalty that these guys showed to their foolish lord by committing what can only be described as what me and some of my friends refer to as a feudal "drive-by"- Japanese style, has been lauded by the Japanese public ever since. The facts behind the actual events have been buried in the countless puppet and kabuki plays as well as movies that have been made about this.
I'm not a terribly big fan of Asano Naganori, nor do I think the Akō rōnin were particularly "brave" by carrying out a night attack after a party and fighting a small group of drunk bodyguards and taking the head of a feeble old man. But, this perspective is from modern, western eyes. In reality, night attacks of this nature have always been a staple of samurai warfare, being documented since the Heian period. As much as I don't partake in the 47 Rōnin Kool Aid drinking parties, I do admit to enjoying watching a good fictional film or kabuki play about these guys.
If you don't know by now, I broke a tooth a bit back... it was surely weakened by a filling that has been there forever, and possibly a smaller cavity working its way from underneath. The solution: a crown *growl* So I spent my afternoon numbed up, while Curtis grinded off the filling and bits of tooth needed to knock out of the way for the crown to attach. I _did_ get to geek out a bit, watching him "re-create" my tooth on the compy. _That_ was pretty cool!
Beneath the iconic (and much photographed) gas holders at Washwood Heath old retainer 08762 slowly pushes back its train of rail sleepers as Freightliner 66558 heads past with 4O09, 10.09 Trafford Park - Southampton FLT.
The sleepers operation turned out to be quite slick in fact - as one fork-truck unloaded those being delivered another fork-truck further down the train was loading up new / recycled ones. Before we left a class 66 had arrived ready to take out the loaded train.
11th March 2014
Why all the flags at half mast
Why the murders the rage
Where the retainers of passion
Left from a sensible age
To wipe the wretched history from this page
Why the people so bloated
What making cancerous sin
Where the godmerging shamans
To make new sense out of this din
To make beast calming music out of this din
Why all the present confusion,
When will the answering cry come?
We'll be able to hear it,
So busy dying to die?
How is it we live dying to die?
Don’t disrespect your parents
Rather calm their panic
Curb their distemper
Don’t tamper with their rot
No diaper no rash
Put out the trash
It’s a jinx
it’s a jinx…
Church of St. Mary & St. Gregory, Frithelstock Devon stands next to the ruins of the earlier 13c Augustinian priory of St Gregory founded c1220 for the repose of his soul by Sir Roger de Beauchamp (or Sir Robert de Bello Campo ) and endowed for a small community of Augustinian Canons. In c 1229 he donated a large part of it to Hartland Abbey in North Devon (These are the only substantial remains of a monastic house in Devon) Bishop Walter de Stapledon who was born at Annery, the great house near Monkleigh, increased the endowments and is considered a co-founder with Sir Robert.
The church building that followed was probably built for the families of the Priory retainers and the inhabitants of the village which grew up nearby.
The village name derives from the Anglo-Saxon Frithulac's Stocc.
The church was enlarged in the 15c and restored c1870.
Built of coursed rubble, it comprises a chancel, nave, west tower south aisle , south chapel / vestry and south porch.
The north wall survives from the 13c lit with early 14c windows
The chancel was rebuilt in the early 14c when the south aisle was added.
The four stage tower with studded door dated 1676 & topped with 18c pinnacles, was rebuilt in 15c . It has 6 medieval bells , one dedicated to the Archangels Michael and Gabriel.
The porch followed in the late 15c - it has a reset 12c stoup and 1741 sundial with the message "Umbra Sumus" - " we are shadows".- www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/T9jfV1tU68 Its 18c panelled door has a 14c sanctuary knocker.
The 1086 Domesday Survey lists Frelelestoch as one of the 79 Devonshire holdings of Robert, Count of Mortain half-brother of William the Conqueror. His tenant was Robert FitzIvo.
At the 16c dissolution of the monasteries, the prior relinquished possession of the priory and its demesne lands on 27 August 1536. and these passed through the hands of John Wynslade, Sir George Carew of Mohuns Ottery, and Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle being later owned by Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford, (son of the 1st prime minister), whose wife was Margaret Rolle, 15th Baroness Clinton 1781, daughter and sole heiress of Samuel Rolle 1719 of nearby Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe. The lands later descended to Margaret Rolle's heirs, the Barons Clinton.
Henry Stevens 1748 of the wealthy and influential family of Little Torrington, lived at Smythacott in the parish. He married Christiana Maria Rolle 1780 a sister of Henry Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle.1759 of Stevenstone. Their inscribed ledger stone survives in the floor of the south aisle
The 16c plank and studded priest' s door in the south wall is set in a chamfered pointed arch
The interior 15c waggon roofs have moulded ribs and floral-carved bosses. three early 14c bays to the west, between the nave and south aisle, have crocketed canopies over image niches, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/X2223120dp and foliate-carved capitals including Green Man and vine trail. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Z69Ci0Es30
The plasterwork Royal Arms of Charles ll on the north nave wall, framed by Corinthian columns are by John Abbot of Culleigh and dated 1677 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/A10wDt5r9Q
The late 15c / early 16c bench ends and fronts in choir and south east chapel; are carved with tracery patterns, foliate ribs, heraldry, which include the arms of Hartland Abbey (owner of the Priory) and crowned double-rose of Henry VII, Instruments of the Passion, crown of thorns figures including man with liripipe; There is also the figure of a hart which recalls our connection with Hartland Abbey and the two heads of ecclesiastics facing each other with their tongues out. This is said to be an allusion to a dispute between the Bishop of Exeter and the Prior of Frithelstock in the Middle Ages. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/vde86J2L9x
The late 17c Jacobean pulpit may have been brought here from another church. - it has reeded pilasters framing blind arches with egg and dart carving to architraves, reset on late 19c base. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/2rs1VDYJvN
The 13c quatrefoil-shaped font with cabled herringbone decoration to stem; reset on late 19c base. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/42K74LcDZF
The late 18c west screen to the tower has 3 pointed-arched doorways and panelled doors. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/16C1T2Q4G9
2025 UPDATE - FUNDRAISING IS ONGOING FOR REPAIRS TO THE TOWER (ABOUT £300,.000 IS NEEDED)
Roger A Smith CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5350535
ODC: Eccentric
I'm not sure why this image popped into my head when I read the challenge but it did and here you go...probably the best looking self portrait you'll see of me throughout this project. :)
I had one of those days where every little thing was getting on my nerves and my patience was very thin so I figured I needed something to give me a good laugh.
I use to get hours of entertainment when I was kid doing this.
FGR: Okeh
An unexpected visitor to Frodsham .... class 31 and old retainer 31106 heads west with 3Q04, the 13.55 Crewe - Longsight Network Rail Test train earlier this evening, 11th July 2013.
Thought I was back in the 70s for a minute......
The model who was in these braces was great, just think of what is was like for her to have this orthopedic appliance applied to her body. First she had to move her ankles to the inside of the brace so I could get the ankle straps on her sandals buckled up. She sat patiently while I buckled each of the 32 straps to her legs and body. I then CAREFULLY stood her up and listened for the drop locks to engage. The knees locked first followed by the hips. She had a pair of crutches to steady herself but was very worried she would fall over. Then I had to readjust some of the straps to tighten them down properly. The whole process took about 25 minutes. As you can see the pictures came out well and after about an hour of me picking her up by the braces turning her around and taking shots from every angle she was freed from her brace prison. Upon unbuckling the straps, sandals and removing the braces I expected her legs to be completely marked with "strap marks" from all the hardware she was wearing, marks similar to a girls feet after wearing high heeled sandals all day. Much to my surprise she had barely a mark on her and light marks at that. She said that she was very comfortable while wearing them and the fact that they did not leave a pattern tells me that this brace fits very well. Brand new genuine orthopedic leather. These braces were sold, you missed out. Made to measure recreational leg braces or other leather and metal restraint or fetish items, contact me at my1970junk@msn.com and put "braces" in the tag line. Also check out Flickr group "Leg Brace Desires" I just started it for recreational bracers
Taken in the New Otani Hotel's Garden in Tokyo.
The garden of the New Otani Hotel in Tokyo stands on the property that was once the primary yashiki (estate) of the great Sengoku period feudal lord, Katō Kiyomasa (1562-1611). Kiyomasa was a trusted retainer and general of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the warlord who unified Japan in the wake of Oda Nobunaga’s assassination in 1582. Kiyomasa rose to fame during the battle of Shizugatake and soon found himself at the vanguard of many of Hideyoshi’s campaigns, including the invasion of Korea in 1592, in which Kiyomasa’s reputation as a master tactician, fierce fighter, castle builder and as a cruel man grew. To this day, the mere mention of Kiyomasa’s name in Korea is sure to bring a frown. Although loyal to the Toyotomi, if there was one thing that Kiyomasa hated more than Christianity and poor martial spirit among the samurai, it was Ishida Mitsunari, leader of the Western coalition of daimyo that opposed the rise of Tokugawa Ieyasu. It was this hatred of Mitsunari that drove Kiyomasa into the Tokugawa camp where he played a pivotal role in the Kyushu theater of the Sekigahara campaign in 1600. As a result of his service, Kiyomasa was rewarded by becoming one of the elite daimyo who were allowed to build his Edo estate near the shogun’s castle in the upscale area that became known as Kioi-cho, named after the elite Kii Tokugawa, Owari Tokugawa and Ii daimyo families that kept their residences in this area.
As Kiyomasa was loyal to the house of Toyotomi and as a final showdown between the Tokugawa and Toyotomi grew, the Tokugawa began to have their doubts about where Kiyomasa’s ultimate loyalty rested. Fearful of having to face this fierce and influential warlord on the opposing side of the battlefield when the fighting would inevitably erupt in 1615, it has been suggested that the Tokugawa had him poisoned. Shortly after the fall of the Toyotomi, Kiyomasa’s son was accused of disloyalty (most likely a trumped up charge) and the family’s fief in Kumamoto, Kyushu was seized by the shogunate and the clan was abolished. Soon after this, the grounds of the Katō estate in Tokyo were given to the Ii family.
When the New Otani Hotel was constructed, it was decided to keep the traditional Japanese garden intact. Today the garden covers more than 10 acres and has over 800 trees, 10,000 flowering plants, ponds, a waterfall, and 42 stone lanterns, many of which date back from the Edo (1603-1868) and the Kamakura (1192-1333) periods.