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Saigyo
(1118 - 1190 / Japan)
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23 year old Norikiyo Satoh, an elite warrior who served the retired emperor, became a Buddhist monk and called himself Saigyo. His reasons for becoming a monk are not known. However, it is said that the actual person was quite different from the rustic image one might have of a wandering Buddhis .. .. more >>
Poems
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1     Having Seen Them Long
2     Not Stopping To Mark The Trail
3     The Monk Saigyo
4     Winds Of Autumn
 
 

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