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Uesugi Kenshin
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A man of learning, Kenshin enjoyed poetry and wrote the following piece in anticipation of his own death in 1578…
A man of learning, Kenshin enjoyed poetry and wrote the following piece in anticipation of his own death in 1578…
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Even a life-long prosperity is but one cup of sake;
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Even a life-long prosperity is but one cup of sake;
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A life of forty-nine years is passed in a dream;
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A life of forty-nine years is passed in a dream;
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I know not what life is, nor death.
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I know not what life is, nor death.
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Year in year out-all but a dream.
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Year in year out-all but a dream.
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Both Heaven and Hell are left behind;
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Both Heaven and Hell are left behind;
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I stand in the moonlit dawn,
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I stand in the moonlit dawn,
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Free from clouds of attachment.<ref>Suzuki, ''Zen and Japanese Culture.'' P. 82</ref>
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Free from clouds of attachment.<ref>Suzuki, ''Zen and Japanese Culture.'' P. 82</ref>
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== Notes to the Text ==
== Notes to the Text ==
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