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Creating without idling is rare and praiseworthy. - Do not give up!

This letter is about fish and poetry, about gratitude and sorrow. Ishikawa Jozan was a prominent Samurai recluse, garden designer, and...

Birds, Boats, and Cherry Blossom

Karsumaru Mitsuhiro was a distinguished poet and a major figure in the inner circles of Emperor Go-Mizunoo. Karasumaru Mitsuhiro,...

Beyond Failure or Success

Kodojin - the Old Taoist - was both a poet and a painter. And he is remembered as being one of the last in a long line of literati...

Monumental Fragility

An ambiguous tea bowl. It is monumental and in the same time it is shy, reclusive, and fragile. Rengetsu delicately finger-pinched the...

Joyful memories

Rengetsu’s life slowed down at around the age of 75. The long years of travelling, moving, and drifting came to an end in the small...

School of Life: MATSUO BASHO

"Matsuo Basho was one of the most famous Zen poets of Japan, who alerts us to the neglected beauty and interest of everyday life, and...

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