The Ofudesaki addresses these themes in different ways. Sometimes the verses employ simple metaphors and allegories.A Study of the Ofudesaki, p. xx. Other times the verses are instructions originally intended for specific people in Miki Nakayama's day.For example, in Part I, Shuji, Miki Nakayama's eldest son, was instructed through the verses to change his marital situation. See Tracing the Model Path, 123–127.
