"Like to a stone That rolls down a hill, I have come to this day."

"With the troubled eyes of a youth I envied Birds flying— Flying they sang."

"Kyoshitsu no Mado yori nigete Tada hitori Kano shiro-ato ni Ne ni yukishi ka na"

"Ishikawa was a poet of great ability who wanted to develop critical 'realism', but dealt too 'emotively' with human s…"

"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…"