Tag: Hanekawa Chinchō 羽川珍重
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The soul on the verge of falling: now only one petal left たましひのちり際も今一葉かな tamashii no chirigiwa mo ima hitoha kana (Hanekawa Chinchō 羽川珍重) * 1. Hanekawa Chinchō was a woodblock print artist who died in 1754. This is his death poem (jisei 辞世), written in the 17-syllable haiku form. 2. Chirigiwa literally refers to the…
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