#039 Please, I want to die under the cherry blossoms…
| Size： | about 24×27 cm |
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| Dressing： | framed |
What kind of verse?
| verse: | Negawaku wa, hana no shita nite, haru shina mu, sono kisaragi no, mochiduki no koro |
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| (imho): | Please, I want to die under the cherry blossoms in spring, around the full moon on February 15th, when the Buddha was passing away. |
| poet: | Saigyo |
| in: | 12th century |
This is a most famous poem of Saigyo Hoshi. He loved cherry blossoms so much and created a lot of poems about this blossoms, and in the end he even wanted to die under the cherry blossoms.
In fact, Saigyo Hoshi died on February 16th. Old documents say intellectuals in those days were deeply impressed by this event.