Mar 24, 2022
life in this world
just like a temporary shelter
from a winter shower
Sōgi (translation by Ueda Makoto)
seen from China
seen from Germany
seen from China
seen from United Kingdom
seen from United States
seen from Russia
seen from Argentina
seen from Peru
seen from China
seen from Malaysia
seen from United States
seen from Bangladesh
seen from Aruba
seen from China
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Thailand
life in this world
just like a temporary shelter
from a winter shower
Sōgi (translation by Ueda Makoto)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Sōgi writing a couplet for a ghost
Japanese Word of the Day
葬儀 - Sōgi : Funeral
Two poems of Monk Sōgi
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That man's life is but a dream -
is what we now come to know.
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Its house abandoned,
the garden has become home
to butterflies.
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Sōgi
Translation: Steven D. Carter