The Sho-Hondo and how Ikeda tried to make it all about HIMSELF

I've got one of the original commemorative Sho-Hondo picture books. It's GINORMOUS - about a foot x a foot and a half and 3" thick, all glossy professional photographs (gorgeous) - and it clearly shows the bronze relief featuring the mostly naked Ikeda reclining languorously in all his nubile (and much enhanced) glory. I had seen two pictures of it - one of which was against a wall, an entryway, but in this book, it is ON THE ALTAR TABLE. So whenever the High Priest is there to chant to the Dai-Gohonzon, he was to have this grotesque image of Ikeda right in his face the whole time!!

Here, take a look: Reality is on the left, obviously

Here is a full view. The 4th picture down, looking down at the altar - it's the greenish rectangle on the front of that reddish wood table just to the left of the widest caption. The High Priest would have to look at that the entire time he was facing the Dai-Gohonzon. Wow O_O

Posted Apr 3, 2015, 5:09 PM UTC

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