However, after Ryokei ONISHI, the chief priest of Kiyomizu-dera Temple, encouraged him by saying 'If it is so damaged, pulling a single weed or moving a single stone will see you regarded as a restorer. I will help you,' he undertook renovation work. それを清水寺貫主・大西良慶の「それだけ傷んでおれば、草一本むしりとっても、石一つ動かしても、おまえは復興者、復興者やといってもらえる。わしも手伝ってやるから」(※)の激励で復興に取りかかった。 |