Japanese Folktale: Hoichi the Earless (耳なし芳一)
One of my favorite Japanese folktales is called Hoichi the Earless. It's about a blind biwa player that could play so well even the spirits desired to witness his skills. The monk at the temple where Hoichi was staying found out that he was bewitched and wrote the Heart Sutra upon all parts of his body. However, he forgot to write the sutra on Hoichi's ears. What happens next? I guess you'll have to listen and find out.
Some of the footage is taken from the actual temple where this story takes place. The name of the temple is Akama Shrine in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi.
This is a translated version by Lafcadio Hearn.
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