'Hear no evil, say no evil, see no evil'
'Hear no evil, say no evil, see no evil'
Mikazaru,Mazaru,Mizaru
A very Buddhist sentiment, carved with irony on the shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who certainly witnessed and participated in many violations of the Eightfold Way.
For a Kurosawa exposition of those bloody times please see the movie 'Kagemusha'
For a view of those monkeys, please see http://www.jgc.co.jp/waza/a2_nikko/toshog01.htm
For a detailed history of the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu, please see http://www.samurai-archives.com/ieyasu.html