Monks bow when introducing themselves, stating their Japanese names Monks adhere to Japanese custom manners Sōhei monks self-exiled to reestablish their monastic order on a remote jungle island. Abbot is a wiry, strict old man with a decisive, proactive attitude and a short temper. Monks practice and adhere to Enryaku-Ji Tendai Buddhism, type of Mahayana, hailing the Lotus Sutra as Buddhism's synthesis. Monks come from Sengoku period Japan. Monks have Medieval Japanese mentality.