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Fujiwara no Teika Quotes

Japanese poet, Death: 26-9-1241
1.
However far I gaze Neither cherry blossoms nor Crimson leaves are in sight. Only a fisherman's hut on the shore In the autumnal evening.
Fujiwara no Teika

2.
Looking about I see no cherry blossoms And no crimson leaves A straw-thatched hut by a bay In the autumn dusk.
Fujiwara no Teika

3.
In the expression of the emotions, originality merits the first consideration... The words used, however, should be old ones.
Fujiwara no Teika