During an episode of Shogun Lady Mariko briefly explained to John Blackthorne the concept of the “eightfold fence,” a coping mechanism that the Japanese use for dealing with pain or hardship. By retreating inward into a “walled-off area” inside the self a person may withstand anything. It is a form of stoicism not unlike the British “stiff upper lip.”
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