The garden she carefully managed was fake, and she never dared to elope with her former lover, except in a dream. Both dreams are just dreams. When she danced under the cherry blossoms, what she finally felt was not freedom, but the family's isolation from her and the courtesy of her noble birth. She didn't object to living in the palace at the beginning, but then she knew how helpless and terrible it was. What was sung in that song, it kept spinning, reincarnation, going back, just back to the moon palace.
But in the end she discovered that there are actually many things to cherish in life, but how could they abandon the city and live a free life? Just like the lotus flower that the fourth prince gave her, after all, she retreated because of the appearance of the ugly girl. All this is just her waywardness. The human life is always in the net, except for the occasional freedom of childhood, people will eventually grow up. So the Buddha had actually seen all this, so he desperately opposed all of it, so he called her back.
The style of watercolor painting is very suitable for this story. Especially the running of sketches at both ends is even more wonderful. The guzheng playing throughout it has the far-reaching feel of the Chinese guqin. And Hisaishi Joe's soundtrack is also very deep and touching. After all, Monkey King wanted to enlighten the Tao and put him at ease, and she did the same.
Although the Japanese love of nature and the nostalgia of human affection permeated here, it was the Buddhist attitude that prevailed in the end. But isn't Kaguya Ji's process of enlightenment just a process of Shishiji? Clouds may not be empty!
Taketori Monogatari, I haven't read it yet.
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