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Updated: May 28, 2025
The root idea of the word tsumi, which Mr. Satow translated as "offence," is that of pollution. From the impression of what was repulsive arose the idea of guilt. In rituals translated by Mr.
Hotoke ga shimpai shite: naki-naki tsumi naoshi-masu. They make mourning, the hotoke; weeping, they pile up the stones again, they rebuild their towers of prayer. All about the black mouth of the inner grotto the bone-coloured rock bears some resemblance to a vast pair of yawning jaws. Downward from this sinister portal the cavern-floor slopes into a deeper and darker aperture.
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