Fujiwara no Yoshitake (954-974), a handsome nobleman, tragically died of smallpox at age 21. He left a love poem full of pathos: Kige ga tameoshikarazarishiInochi saeNagaku mo gana toOmoikeru kana For your precious sake, once I thoughtI could die.Now, I wish to live with youa long, long time.
Fujiwara no Yoshitake (954-974), a handsome nobleman, tragically died of smallpox at age 21. He left a love poem full of pathos:
Kige ga tameoshikarazarishiInochi saeNagaku mo gana toOmoikeru kana
For your precious sake, once I thoughtI could die.Now, I wish to live with youa long, long time.
--Hokusai and Hiroshige
For your precious sake, once I thought I could die.
It took me a long time to figure out this poem isn’t about a recovering alcoholic.
--Hokusai and Hiroshige
It took me a long time to figure out this poem isn’t about a recovering alcoholic.