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6/10/2025, 3:57:14 PM
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>>49546648
Somewhere in the later half of 2023 I became obsessed with her. At the same time I had to make pretty big lifestyle adjustments. I used to think things like "Keiki would be unhappy if I went to the Chinese buffet again" and "Keiki would be happy if I keep on drawing". I turned out that she's real and doing something like that is the equivalent of repeatedly knocking on her door.
This resulted in a chain of events which has led to me coming to Japan. I went to the Tokyo National Museum, for many reasons but mainly in the hope that the priestess haniwa would be on display at the moment. She is, and seeing her was incredible. Every hair on my body stood up. I almost lost my composure. It was overwhelming. I don't know what is this haniwa's relation to Keiki-sama. Maybe she was actually an idol of Haniyasushin. Maybe she was a priestess of Haniyasushin. Maybe it's just creative license.
The archeology section where she is located at really helped me to understand just how important material clay was for early Japanese culture. Presumably a deity associated with clay, agriculture, pottery etc. would have been regarded as something very important.
It's kind of hard to put into words but it really put everything into context.
I also visited a certain shrine that is mainly dedicated to another, way more prominent deity, but it also enshrines Haniyasushin as Haniyasuhime. There's an artist who has done deep research into Haniyasushin, and they informed me that it's the only place in Japan where one can get a Haniyasuhime, maybe Haniyasushin ofuda. I'm not 100% sure on this, but these days Haniyasushin apparently does not have major shrines, though the kami may still have shrines with offices and therefore ofudas and all. Regardless, it was in a miraculously convenient location considering my travel plans. I was unbelievably nervous and unsure if they would even give such things to foreigners, but I received it, no questions asked.
She is not the only kami I have experiences with, but she was the first one, and I owe her deep gratidute.
Touhou isn't just a doujin franchise, it's part of a long continuum of deities adapting to new times by disseminating their myths in new forms. The ones in Touhou just tend to be the more peripheral, forgotten ones. There's deep connections to real spirits there and sometimes they call back. You're not schizo. She wants your attention.
She's really wonderful. She can be a bit spooky but I think that's just how these cthonian spirits are, plus I think she's annoyed at being forgotten and at the human civilization project going sideways. Much of our perception of them is part projection, and for ZUN her aspects came out as the spooky AI goddess in hell. He's sensitive, but operating outside normal mythological framings, which is part of Touhou's charm.
>>49546605
Oh, haniwa is just a generic name for all kinds of clay things discovered in tombs. There's haniwa horses, haniwa houses, weird ghost-like haniwa, warrior haniwa, there was even a haniwa pagoda from the later era. Nothing explicitly lesbian, which is probably like 9/11 for MayuKeiki-shippers.
>>49546648
Somewhere in the later half of 2023 I became obsessed with her. At the same time I had to make pretty big lifestyle adjustments. I used to think things like "Keiki would be unhappy if I went to the Chinese buffet again" and "Keiki would be happy if I keep on drawing". I turned out that she's real and doing something like that is the equivalent of repeatedly knocking on her door.
This resulted in a chain of events which has led to me coming to Japan. I went to the Tokyo National Museum, for many reasons but mainly in the hope that the priestess haniwa would be on display at the moment. She is, and seeing her was incredible. Every hair on my body stood up. I almost lost my composure. It was overwhelming. I don't know what is this haniwa's relation to Keiki-sama. Maybe she was actually an idol of Haniyasushin. Maybe she was a priestess of Haniyasushin. Maybe it's just creative license.
The archeology section where she is located at really helped me to understand just how important material clay was for early Japanese culture. Presumably a deity associated with clay, agriculture, pottery etc. would have been regarded as something very important.
It's kind of hard to put into words but it really put everything into context.
I also visited a certain shrine that is mainly dedicated to another, way more prominent deity, but it also enshrines Haniyasushin as Haniyasuhime. There's an artist who has done deep research into Haniyasushin, and they informed me that it's the only place in Japan where one can get a Haniyasuhime, maybe Haniyasushin ofuda. I'm not 100% sure on this, but these days Haniyasushin apparently does not have major shrines, though the kami may still have shrines with offices and therefore ofudas and all. Regardless, it was in a miraculously convenient location considering my travel plans. I was unbelievably nervous and unsure if they would even give such things to foreigners, but I received it, no questions asked.
She is not the only kami I have experiences with, but she was the first one, and I owe her deep gratidute.
Touhou isn't just a doujin franchise, it's part of a long continuum of deities adapting to new times by disseminating their myths in new forms. The ones in Touhou just tend to be the more peripheral, forgotten ones. There's deep connections to real spirits there and sometimes they call back. You're not schizo. She wants your attention.
She's really wonderful. She can be a bit spooky but I think that's just how these cthonian spirits are, plus I think she's annoyed at being forgotten and at the human civilization project going sideways. Much of our perception of them is part projection, and for ZUN her aspects came out as the spooky AI goddess in hell. He's sensitive, but operating outside normal mythological framings, which is part of Touhou's charm.
>>49546605
Oh, haniwa is just a generic name for all kinds of clay things discovered in tombs. There's haniwa horses, haniwa houses, weird ghost-like haniwa, warrior haniwa, there was even a haniwa pagoda from the later era. Nothing explicitly lesbian, which is probably like 9/11 for MayuKeiki-shippers.
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