Empress : Kaiserin

Bring Kantarou down to earth! - Issue 4.5

This is not really about Kantarou. Nor Tactics.

But something to do with the kuji-in.

Note this: Keiki practise the kuji-in in the 17th episode of Juuni Kokki. That just caught my attention tonight. He also "cuts" (another kind of gesture) with the kuji grid while reciting the chant - meaning, instead of performing the complex nine gestures (which I posted in Issue 4), one can "cut" the air with the fingers following a grid pattern consisting of nine lines: five horizontal and four vertical. This is known as kuji kiri.

Keiki in the episode shouted out a nine-word in, but it's a deviation from the standard kuji, the norm being Rin-Byo-Tou-Sha-Kai-Jin-Retsu-Zai-Zen. Keiki (and later Taiki in the next episode) used Rin-Byo-Tou-Sha-Kai-Jin-Retsu-Zen-Gyo accompanied by the kuji kiri. This is acceptable, for I've read that some historical person did devise another set of nine-word chant based on the normal one.

In conclusion, the animes that involved themselves with the kuji:
- Tactics (Ichinomiya Kantarou)
- Rurouni Kenshin (Jinpu)
- Inuyasha (a priestess)
- Juuni Kokki (Keiki)

Wow, all the cool characters!


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posted by empress @ 7:36 PM