Fujiwara no Teika Quotes

• In the expression of the emotions, originality merits the first consideration... The words used, however, should be old ones.

  Fujiwara no Teika

  Expression, Firsts, Merit

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• Looking about I see no cherry blossoms And no crimson leaves A straw-thatched hut by a bay In the autumn dusk.

  Fujiwara no Teika

  Autumn, Cherry Blossom, Cherries

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• However far I gaze Neither cherry blossoms nor Crimson leaves are in sight. Only a fisherman's hut on the shore In the autumnal evening.

  Fujiwara no Teika

  Sight, Evening, Cherry Blossom

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