"和歌に師匠なし。たゞ旧き歌をもつて師となす。心を古風に染め、詞を先達に習はば、誰人かこれを詠ぜざらんや。"
— Fujiwara no Teika

January 1, 1970

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Variant translation: In poetry there are no teachers. One makes antiquity one’s teacher. Provided he steep his mind in the styles of antiquity and learn his diction from the great poets of old, who can fail to compose good poetry? — Essentials of Poetic Composition (詠歌大概 Eiga no Taigai)