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We use amacha for the ceremony of Buddha's birthday to bath the image of Buddha. Some of you might have drunk amacha at the flower festival. I remember when I was a child, I tasted amacha for the first time, and I was quite disappointed with the taste. Amacha is made with hydrangea leaves. To make amacha, first, rub the leaves, and then dry them to make tea. It is said that the custom of using amacha for the ceremony of Buddha's birthday is started in Edo era. In Shiga prefecture, there is a custom to place amacha in front of the Buddhist altar to serve them for the ancestors in June. The leaves has to be freshly picked before the flowers starting to bloom. In Edo era, the scholar "Ranzan Ono" introduced Amacha as the name of Japanese medicine "Dojosan" in his book "Honzou moumoku keimou". The book tells amacha is a family of hydrangea, but the name of the bleed is not specified in the book The book also says, Amacha is cultivated in Kyoto, but also grow wildly in mountain areas. Currently, amacha is chategolized as a variety of Japanese mountain hydrangea. However, by the theory of Shigeru Yamauchi from Meijyo University, it is also possible that Amacha was made by planting a cutting of mountain hydrangea. The oldest information of amacha stops at the book of "Honzou moumoku keimou". There are still lots of unknown things about Amacha including its origins. The research of Amacha is still be continuing.

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Ok so doing more research, a lot about this origin story feels like this Buddha represents Megumi. The magic, white elephant with pink lotus, and his mother passing away soon after his birth - but nothing is known about that.

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The baby being a prince (from the Zenin clan), born able to walk and speak (when Gojo met him), destined to be an emperor or a teacher (head of the clan, at least),

Some elements remind me a bit more of Gojo, but anyway. The more I read the more I fear making connections that aren't rly there, so I'll let other people handle this again.

Anyway I thought it was interesting that so many times when I look up things relevant to the lore of JJK, Kyoto is often mentioned. It wasn't randomly chosen for a sacred space in jujutsu.

Also the word matsuri and its meaning feels like a relevant thing,,, bringing the invisible into the visible, cleansing Megumi's soul, but that feels like a reach bc we aren't rly talking about festivals in this chapter are we? I don't knowwwww

i saw somewhere i can't remember someone talking about a Buddha bathing ritual that happens on the fourth lunar month (typically falling on May). In Japan during the Hana Mitsuri festival, they bathe the Buddha with amacha, a tea made of hydrangea fermented leaves. This ritual is done so that everyone has a chance to introspect themselves so that they will reduce bad seeds, increase good seeds, open their minds, raise the seeds of enlightenment, make life more meaningful and bring happiness to all sentient beings in this universe.

Funny coincidence 🤔 /j