Word and image for the New Year
Jan. 2nd, 2011 05:26 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
Happy New Year everyone! This is the January picture from my 1901 Japanese woodblock calendar (with an added poem and added image of wintery Gackt). Please click on the image for a larger size.
Priest myoe was an intense and original character. On one occasion he cut off his own ear in front of a temple statue of Buddha to demonstrate discipline to his students. I don't suppose they ever forgot that lesson!