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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 >>
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1     As banked clouds
2     Having drifted apart
3     Having Seen Them Long
4     He made no promise
5     How wonderful
6     In a mountain village
7     limitations gone
8     Not Stopping To Mark The Trail
9     Now I understand!
10     O, how sad
11     Sunk in melancholy
12     The Monk Saigyo
13     The Monk Saigyo
14     There's not a trace of cloud
15     Thought I was free
16     unbroken gloom.
17     Well do I know myself
18     Why Should I Be Bitter
19     Winds Of Autumn
 
 

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