We only have a few days to demand meaningful change in Australia's unjust grocery sector, with submissions to the inquiry closing on 2 February.1
Together, we need to seize this moment. Otherwise, we risk sending a dangerous signal to the supermarket duopoly and other corporations cashing in on the cost-of-living crisis that they can continue profiting from our struggles without consequences.
A sculpted image of the cosmic buddha Rushana (盧舎那仏) at Shindaibutsuji Temple (新大仏寺) in Iga, Mie Prefecture, with a head by the Buddhist artist Kaikei (快慶) during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333) originally intended to be Amida Buddha (阿弥陀如来) combined with a body sculpted during the Edo period (1600-1868)
Image from "運慶と鎌倉彫刻 (日本の美術12)" [Unkei and Kamakura Sculpture (The Arts of Japan 12] by 水野敬三郎 [Mizuno Keisaburō], published by 小学館 [Shōgakukan], 1972, color plate 31
In Wikipedia there was a short passage saying that Nobukatsu wasn’t able to participate in the battle against the Akechi forces after Honnouji because there was a riot in Iga. He had difficulty taking care of the issue because many of his army had been taken by Nobutaka to be part of the Shikoku conquest, and so he was outnumbered.
The Wikipedia passage says “this is doubtful” due to the existence of a conflicting account, but it only addressed the part where his troops were taken by Nobutaka. It didn’t say the riots in Iga was doubtful or false.
The story was also mentioned in this blog post. The blog contains a couple of citations to real documents, but this particular bit was simply narrated without source.
The story says that Nobukatsu was supposed to join his older brother, who had made a last-minute decision to stay in Kyoto unprepared, and bring reinforcements. However, Honnouji happened before he was able to move his army out. He brought his troops to Oumi province, but wasn’t able to trust that there are no more traitors, and so he camped in Suzuka Pass instead of entering Azuchi.
At that point, Akechi troops supposedly turned to Iga to stir up riots, and Nobukatsu ended up having to head out there to take care of that mess.
So what’s the verdict, though?
The story about Iga actually has merit, because the Tamon’in Nikki did record that “on the 5th of the 6th month Gohonjo’s (Nobukatsu) troops entered Iga, pacified the province, and took hostages”.
Tamon’in Nikki has long been considered a highly reliable source, so at the very least it’s not entirely dubious.
The relevant bit from the Tamon’in Nikki transcript digitised online in the Japanese archives:
What happened in Iga before and after this is still something I can’t account for, though. If on the 5th everything is settled, it does not look like the situation is still ongoing in the days that follow, unless there were still stray rioters that needed to be rounded up in Iga.
Avant-Garde Fashionista IPAAAAAA! (Picked up at IGA in Montreal). A 3 of 4. Pretty standard hazy IPA with stone and tropical fruit, and primarily citrus behind that. Drinks easily and has a very juicy and tropical body. Medium body and clean, dry finish.
A pamphlet from Shindaibutsuji Temple (新大仏寺) in Iga, Mie Prefecture, founded in 1202 by Emperor Go-Toba (後鳥羽天皇) with the fundraising monk Chōgen (重源) as its first abbot, with the pamphlet’s cover featuring a painted image of the wrathful deity Fudō Myōō (不動明王) signed by Mudō Hōzan (無動宝山), the artistic name (if I understand correctly) of the Shingon Ritsu monk Tankai (湛海) (1629-1716)