Mononobe no Futo

物部 (もののべの) 　布都 (ふと) Mononobe no Futo Futo Mononobe
Mononobe no Futo in Ten Desires Dead Nirvana Hermit from Ancient Japan More Character Titles
Species	Human? (taoist self-identifying as shikaisen)
Abilities	Manipulation of feng shui
Age	More than 1400 years old
Location	Hall of Dreams' Great Mausoleum, Human Village
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Appearances
Official Games
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Mononobe no Futo (物部　布都) is possibly a human whose ability is to manipulate feng shui.

Concept

The Mononobe clan was a family who waged a fierce political battle with the Soga clan over Buddhism. In particular, Soga no Umako and Mononobe no Moriya were two very influential courtiers to Emperor Bidatsu and his brother, Emperor Youmei, who was the father of Prince Shoutoku. Both Youmei and Shoutoku were proponents of Buddhism, which led to victory for Umako, whose forces killed Moriya and his allies in the Battle of Shigisan in 587.

Of the Mononobe, there existed Futsuhime (布都姫), who was the little sister of Mononobe no Moriya. In the Nihon Shoki, she was Soga no Umako's wife, although her name was never mentioned there. But according to the book, Umako "gratuitously killed Moriya by carrying out his wife's plot". So, according to this account, Futsuhime was a collaborator to Soga clan and a traitor to the Mononobe, despite her lineage. Furthermore, Umako and his wife are thought to have given birth to Tojiko no Iratsume, who as it turns out, is the possible basis of Soga no Tojiko. Other historical documents tell different accounts. For example, in the Sendai Kuji Hongi, she was married to Emperor Sushun and later to Mononobe no Nieko no Muraji, who was Mononobe no Moriya's little brother and Futsuhime's half brother.

Name

She takes the name 物部 Mononobe as a member of the Mononobe clan. Her given name, 布都 Futo, is derived from the name 布都姫 Futsuhime, who she was based off of.

Appearance

In Ten Desires's official art, Momonobe no Futo has grey eyes, grey hair and is dressed in kariginu, modified with the addition of a purple skirt, with an eboshi atop her head. The kariginu was the standard dress of onmyouji,kannushi, and such, as well as that of the imperial court of the day.

Story

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Relationships

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Toyosatomimi no Miko

Futo is Miko's faithful Servant. She also assits her in one of Miko's spellcard.

Soga no Tojiko

They've been long time friends who sometimes bicker.

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Additional Information

Trivia

• She looks quite similar to SinGyoku's "male" form.
• Assuming Futo is Futsuhime, then she would be one of a few characters known to have been married. Of course, because a Touhou character is not necessarily one and the same as their historical or fictional basis, the only ones known to have canonically been married are Seiga Kaku, Watatsuki no Toyohime, and Watatsuki no Yorihime.

Fanon

• Perhaps due to her resemblance with SinGyoku's "male" form, some fans have joked that Futo is male, which is a similar situation to Wriggle Nightbug.
• In fanart, due to her characteristic pose in her portrait, she is often depicted as doing this same pose or different poses in a similar style.
• It is commonly said that her face looks smug, and is often depicted in fan works with a smug face (どや顔, doyagao).
• Due to her archaic way of speaking, Western fans often depict her speaking Old English or Shakespearean English.
  • This has been turned into a moe point with some fans as various artist play up her naive curious aspects, making her a sort of 'Hermit Moe'.

Spell Cards

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Name	Translated	Comments	Games	Stage	Other Works	Related Spell Cards
Total: 7
天符「雨の磐舟」	Heaven Sign "Rainy Iwafune"		TD	St. 5: E/N
天符「天の磐舟よ天へ昇れ」	Heaven Sign "Iwafune Ascending to Heaven"		TD	St. 5: H/L
投皿「物部の八十平瓮」	Throwing Dishes "Mononobe's Eighty Sake Cups"		TD	St. 5: E/N/H/L
炎符「廃仏の炎風」	Blaze Sign "Blazing Winds of Haibutsu"		TD	St. 5: E/N
炎符「桜井寺炎上」	Blaze Sign "Sakuraiji in Flames"		TD	St. 5: H/L
聖童女「大物忌正餐」	Saint Girl "Oomonoimi's Dinner"		TD	St. 5: E/N/H/L
聖童女「太陽神の贄」	Saint Girl "Sun Goddess's Sacrifice"		TD	Ov

Official Profiles

Ten Desires - Settings and Extra Story.txt

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○５面ボス　　古代日本の尸解仙 　　物部 布都（もののべのふと） 　　Mononobe no Futo 　　種族：人間？（尸解仙を自称する道士） 　　能力：風水を操る程度の能力 　　ちょっと昔のお話。今から千数百年ほど前だろうか。 　　まだ国が人を統治するという考え方が纏まりきる前の話。人、物、技術、宗教など様々な物が海を渡って渡来してきた。 　　その中の一つ、仏教がこの国の行方を大きく変えていく事になる。 　　国は仏教を巡り崇拝派と廃仏派に別れ、お互いの溝を深めていく。神道の神様であるウマシマジノミコトを祖とする物部氏は廃仏派であった。人間を祖とする蘇我氏との対立は凄まじく、この宗教戦争は後に語られるようなただの権力争いではなく、神々の系譜と人間の尊厳との争いだったのである。 　　そして仏教を巡る宗教戦争は悲劇で幕を閉じる。 　　争いは日増しに過激になり、物部氏は寺を襲撃し寺を焼き仏像を捨て廃仏を訴えた。しかしタイミングが悪かったのか、その日から疫病が流行し始め、天皇が崩御してしまう。 　　これを蘇我氏は仏教に大して非道なことをした祟りだと喧伝した。それにより蘇我氏の支持が高まり、ついに物部討伐の許可が下りるのである。 　　その争いで物部は滅亡する事になった。そしてこの国の政治は仏教を中心に行われていくことになる。 　　これが表に知られている物部、蘇我の宗教戦争である。 　　しかし、実はこれを裏で糸を引く者がいた。それが布都であった。 　　彼女は物部の姓ながら、影である宗教を崇拝していた。それが仏教と同時に伝わってきた道教である。 　　道教は自らを超人化する事が出来、その最終目的は不老不死である。権力者にとっては非常に魅力的な宗教であった。 　　だが、この魅力的な宗教も欠点があった。それは民が誰でも修行すれば仙人になれるのでは、政治には向かないと言う事。その為、彼女は道教の事はひた隠しする事になる。 　　そして同じく道教を崇拝していた神子から、ある提案を持ちかけられる。 　　それが、表向きは民を静かにさせる事の出来る仏教を崇拝しこの国を治める。その上で自分の死に呪いをかけ、我らは尸解仙として復活しよう、という話であった。 　　布都は蘇我氏の味方となり、裏から操る事が出来た。それにより蘇我氏は仏教を盲信するようになった。当然、神の子孫である物部（布都を除く）はそれを面白く思わなかった。 　　その結果、引き起こされたのが仏教を巡る宗教戦争である。実際は、物部という日本古来の神々と、道教を使い新たな神になろうとする神子との争いであった。仏教はその為の目眩ましでしかなかったのだ。 　　しかし、二人の復活まで随分と時間が掛かってしまったようだ。 　　それは神子の死を不審がった仏教の僧侶達が、その上にお寺を建て復活を拒んでいたからであろう。 　　政治のために利用した仏教であったが、思った以上に信仰力が強く、現代日本まで広く信仰され続けられたのは誤算であったようだ。

Stage 5 Boss　　A Shikaisen from Ancient Japan Mononobe no Futo Species: Human? (a taoist who self-identifies as a shikaisen) Ability: Manipulating feng shui Long ago, indeed, fourteen hundred years ago or so. Before, in fact, it had been decided that the country would rule over the people. People, things, technology, religion... Many things were being introduced from across the sea. One of those would greatly influence the direction Buddhism would take in this country. The country was divided into pro- and anti-Buddhist factions, which dug in more over time. The Mononobe, descendents of the Shinto god, Umashimaji no Mikoto, was in the anti-Buddhist faction. Her confrontation with the Soga, descendents of humans, was dreadful, and afterwards this religious conflict wasn't talked of as a petty political battle, but as a battle between the lineage of the gods and human dignity. And so, religious war over Buddhism ended in tragedy. The battles grew more vicious with each passing day as the Mononobe waged an anti-Buddhist campaign that invaded and burned temples and threw out their statues. Perhaps it was simply bad timing, but after that day, an epidemic began to spread, resulting in the passing of the Emperor. The Soga proclaimed this to be a curse brought on by despicable acts against Buddhism. This rallied support in Soga's favor, who was eventually given permission to bring the Mononobe into submission. This battle resulted in the destruction of the Mononobe. From then on, the nation's politics were carried out in a fashion befitting Buddhism. This is what most people know about the religious war between the Mononobe and the Soga. However, there was someone else pulling the strings behind the scenes: Futo. A daughter of the Mononobe, she worshipped at the altar of another faith. That faith was Taoism, which had been introduced at the same time as Buddhism. Taoism could grant people superhuman abilities based on their own actions, eventually resulting in immortality. It was particularly appealing to those with political power. However, that appealing faith also had a weakness. It was not well suited for political control, as anyone could undergo the ascetic training necessary to become a hermit. As a result, she decided to practice her Taoism in secret. Miko, a fellow Taoist practitioner, came to her with a certain plan. Her plan was to govern the country using Buddhism as a means to keep the citizenry pacified. Then, they would cast a curse on their own deaths and be reborn as shikaisen. Futo became an ally of the Soga and was able to manipulate them. Thus, the Soga came to be blind followers of Buddhism. Naturally, as descendents of the gods, the Mononobe (Futo excepted) weren't particularly pleased about this. The result was a protracted religious war over Buddhism. It was, in fact, a war between the Mononobe, ancient gods of Japan, and Miko, who wished to become a new god through Taoism. However, it seemed it would take a long time for their resurrection to take place. That was probably because a group of Buddhist monks doubted that Miko had actually died, and constructed a large temple above her grave to prevent her from resurrecting. Buddhism had been used for political ends, but it had apparently been a miscalculation to allow it to become so widely followed that even in modern Japan it continues to be widely observed.

Official Sources

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• 2011/08/12 Ten Desires - Stage 5 dialogue; Settings and Extra Story.txt (official profile)
• 2012/04/27 Symposium of Post-mysticism - Mononobe no Futo