Bashō (Plantain Tree) : PhotoStory

On a moonlit night, a woman appears, attracted by the sutra chanting of a monk.

Mourning her pitiful, old and decrepit body, the woman asks to form a tie with Buddha.

In response to her request, the monk tells how the “Parable of the Medicinal Herbs” in the Lotus Sutra says that plants and trees can attain buddhahood.

The woman and the monk talk to each other, praising the merits of the Lotus Sutra.

When she receives the merits of Buddhism, the woman hints that she is the spirit of a plantain tree and vanishes.

The woman appears as the spirit of a plantain tree, lamenting the impermanence of the world.

When the woman flutters her sleeves and dances, a violent wind blows, leaving only a torn plantain leaf.