Chapter 02 Ceremony 03 / 12

Guided by Light on Water

1
Each flame remembers a name
We trace 47 ancestral lines through temple records dating to the Edo period.
2
Water carries what earth cannot
The river bears 300 lanterns downstream each night, each one a vessel for farewell.
3
The glow lasts only one crossing
Washi paper and rapeseed oil burn for the twelve minutes it takes to reach the bend.
4
Darkness is the frame, not the subject
The black water makes every lantern's warmth feel like an answered prayer.
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