"Life is like a cloud of mist Emerging from a mountain cave, And death A floating moon In its celestial course. If you think too much About the meaning they may have, You'll be bound forever Like an ass to a stake."
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Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6
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Mumon Gensen
Mumon Gensen (Japanese: ē”ęå éø, March 22, 1323 - May 7, 1390) was a Japanese Zen priest, believed as an illegitimate son of Emperor Go-Daigo. In 1340, the next year of Go-Daigo death, Gensen became a priest at Kennin-ji, Kyoto, a major Rinzai-zen affiliated temple. He went to China ruled by Yuan dynasty to study Zen much further, and after his return to Japan, founded HÅkÅ-ji in TÅtÅmi Province, now Shizuoka Prefecture.
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