The specific Mudras Kon Kusuriuri uses :

Since I am Buddhist, I could recognize the Mudras and knew it had to be done voluntarily, and I had to rewatch the movie to realize that Shingi also used the same Mudras.

The first one is called "Surya Mudra", or the Sun Mudra.

I thought it could be interesting given the way Shingi's hair turns a fierce red, or the fact that Kon's Trigram is for Earth, and Kusu never presses his thumb against the ring finger to regulate the Earth element.

But the second Mudra is what caught my attention the most.

The Shunya Mudra.

I believe it can be very telling to associate the Sun Mudra, that represents vitality to the Mudra of Emptiness in the way he exorcizes Mononoke, because it shows how it is a lot more than bringing a Mononoke back to a state of emptiness (flowers are even used upon the Mononoke's "death", or each time it sustained an attack from the sword).

Mononoke are born from negative emotions and regret, and as Ri Kusuriuri said in the last Bakeneko arc, "Memories are tied to a single place". Mononoke must be exorcized, so the soul can finally move on and grow into something else, instead of being stuck in negativity and torment for eternity.

🐈 National Cat Day | 猫の日 (Neko no Hi)

02/22/2025

Shingi the cat gets to be a little menace, as a treat!

Process gif below the cut!