The following is my statement; as a subscriber to the Asahi Shimbun, I did not know Sukehiro Hirakawa, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo. It is the chapter I sent out on 2016-11-05, titled.
I will be sending the next, and following chapters of the series of articles titled "There is a Saint in the Tea Ceremony," which appeared in today's Sankei Shimbun under the title "The Essence of Japanese Harmony as Known by the World's Leaders.
Since August of the year before last, I have been able to read his article because I started subscribing to a monthly magazine as mentioned above, and a friend of mine switched his subscription from the Asahi Shimbun to the Sankei Shimbun.
Almost everyone who subscribed to and read the Asahi Shimbun would not have wanted to visit the Ise Jingu Shrine.
Those who subscribed to and read the Asahi newspaper must have felt some antipathy, even subconsciously, toward shrines and temples, especially Shinto shrines.
It is the Shinto religion that led us to war.
Shinto had problems.
They must have felt that way.
I already mentioned Ise Jingu the other day.
In that article, I would like to add that the Ise Jingu Shrine had supreme architectural beauty, perfect carpentry, and ultimate craftsmanship.
Anxiously awaiting the opening of the Kyoto Imperial Guest House to the public, I visited it immediately.
Naturally, I was impressed by the highest level of craftsmanship.
But the architectural beauty of the Ise Jingu was even more impressive.
The ultimate beauty.
I have written that the three best people in the world to have ever gazed upon the essence of Kyoto's gardens were myself, Steve Jobs, and Jack Dorsey.
I have also mentioned Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle Corporation and one of the wealthiest men in the United States, who purchased Kaiuso at Nanzenji Temple for approximately 8.5 billion yen and has maintained it beautifully.
Steve Jobs must have felt that the ultimate beauty of simplicity was the essence of Japanese beauty.
I am convinced that this led to the completion of the rectangular, ultra-light iPod, the ultimate in simplicity, which eventually overtook Sony's Walkman.
I will be sending the next, and following chapters of the series of articles titled "There is a Saint in the Tea Ceremony," which appeared in today's Sankei Shimbun under the title "The Essence of Japanese Harmony as Known by the World's Leaders.
Since August of the year before last, I have been able to read his article because I started subscribing to a monthly magazine as mentioned above, and a friend of mine switched his subscription from the Asahi Shimbun to the Sankei Shimbun.
Almost everyone who subscribed to and read the Asahi Shimbun would not have wanted to visit the Ise Jingu Shrine.
Those who subscribed to and read the Asahi newspaper must have felt some antipathy, even subconsciously, toward shrines and temples, especially Shinto shrines.
It is the Shinto religion that led us to war.
Shinto had problems.
They must have felt that way.
I already mentioned Ise Jingu the other day.
In that article, I would like to add that the Ise Jingu Shrine had supreme architectural beauty, perfect carpentry, and ultimate craftsmanship.
Anxiously awaiting the opening of the Kyoto Imperial Guest House to the public, I visited it immediately.
Naturally, I was impressed by the highest level of craftsmanship.
But the architectural beauty of the Ise Jingu was even more impressive.
The ultimate beauty.
I have written that the three best people in the world to have ever gazed upon the essence of Kyoto's gardens were myself, Steve Jobs, and Jack Dorsey.
I have also mentioned Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle Corporation and one of the wealthiest men in the United States, who purchased Kaiuso at Nanzenji Temple for approximately 8.5 billion yen and has maintained it beautifully.
Steve Jobs must have felt that the ultimate beauty of simplicity was the essence of Japanese beauty.
I am convinced that this led to the completion of the rectangular, ultra-light iPod, the ultimate in simplicity, which eventually overtook Sony's Walkman.
