ut ani ▁placed ▁great ▁emphas is ▁on ▁k ens ho , ▁initial ▁insight ▁into ▁one ' s ▁true ▁nature , ▁as ▁a ▁start ▁of ▁real ▁practice : ▁ ▁To ▁att ain ▁k ens ho , ▁most ▁students ▁are ▁assigned ▁the ▁mu - ko an . ▁After ▁breaking ▁through , ▁the ▁student ▁first ▁studies ▁twenty - two ▁" in - house " ▁ko ans , ▁which ▁are ▁" un pub lished ▁and ▁not ▁for ▁the ▁general ▁public ". ▁There - after , ▁the ▁students ▁goes ▁through ▁the ▁G at eless ▁Gate ▁( M um on kan ), ▁the ▁Blue ▁Cl iff ▁Record , ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Equ anim ity , ▁the ▁Record ▁of ▁Trans m itting ▁the ▁Light , ▁the ▁Five ▁R anks ▁and ▁finally ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁Pre cept ▁Ko ans . ▁ ▁Political ▁views ▁ ▁National ist ▁political ▁views ▁According ▁to ▁Ich ik awa ▁H ak ugen , ▁Y as ut ani ▁was ▁" a ▁fan at ical ▁militar ist ▁and ▁anti - comm un ist ". ▁Brian ▁Victoria , ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁Z en ▁at ▁War , ▁places ▁this ▁remark ▁in ▁the ▁larger ▁context ▁of ▁the ▁Me iji ▁Rest oration , ▁which ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 8 . ▁Japan ▁then ▁left ▁its ▁media eval ▁fe ud al ▁system , ▁opening ▁up ▁to ▁foreign ▁influ ences ▁and ▁modern ▁western ▁technology ▁and ▁culture . ▁In ▁the ▁w ake ▁of ▁this ▁process ▁a ▁fier ce ▁national ism ▁developed . ▁It ▁marked ▁the ▁constitution ▁of ▁the ▁Empire ▁of ▁Japan ,