Japanese monks blatantly plagiarize advanced Chinese handicraft techniques, then go back home to set up workshops in their temples and rake in money like crazy, but absolutely refuse to admit where their technology came from. Everything gets blamed on the Buddha, as if Buddha just gifted it all to them. This really pissed off Harano—if you're gonna copy, just admit you copied, at least give a "citation." Forcing it onto Buddha like some kind of divine bestowal? Who wouldn't be annoyed about that?
But for now, there's nothing he can do about it. He's just one guy—totally outnumbered by the thousand-odd people at Hosokawa Guanyin Temple. Annoyed as he is, he's gotta suck it up for the time being and see about it later. But this book in front of him is kinda interesting, so he wants to take it back for a closer look.
