First, wish the mother of U-shaped bars a happy Mother's Day (everyone don't forget to give mom a holiday greeting).
The legal name of Monk Ikkyu is Ikkyu Soujun (1394-1481), who was a Zen monk in Japan's Muromachi era. The cartoon we watched when we were children only described a small part of his childhood life. Ikkyu's father was Emperor Go-Komatsu and his mother was one of the emperor's concubines. Although Emperor Go-Komatsu cherished her very much, it aroused the queen's jealousy. When she was found to be pregnant, the queen drove her out of the palace on the grounds that she was a descendant of the Fujiwara family, sympathized with the Southern Court, and was discontented with the court. We can only know a little about Ikkyu's mother from the letter she wrote to Ikkyu before she died. She hoped that her son would become a great monk who could look down upon Shakyamuni.
Do you still remember that white rag doll? That is the mother's concerned eyes: my body is far away from you, but my heart is close to you.