"In all my six and fifty years No miracles occurred. For the Buddhas and the Great Ones of the Faith I have questions …"

"Myoken Doyu, (1201-1256)... also came to Sung-China from Japan."

"And here is the 13th-century master Doyu's death poem:... The Japanese masters composed not only enlightenment and de…"

"Doyu's poem is pure metaphor, giving with remarkable precision a sense of the gravity of his emotion: like the sun wh…"

"The annals of Japanese literary history abound with stories of suffering literati. [...] None of these, however, seem…"

"The pathway I marked when last year I made my way into Yoshino— I abandon now to visit blossoms I have not yet seen."

"Even in one’s sleep, it is dreams of this world one sees, and of no other; just as there is no dawning here that brin…"

"In this art of poetry, those who speak ill of Teika should be denied the protection of the gods and Buddhas and conde…"

"When I look upon the rich sheen of summer hairs in my new brush, I am saddened by a deer drawn at night to a hunter's…"

"As if to say— "Isn't it true for men, as well: that the more the words, the less they are of value?"— the cuckoo does…"