Izumi Shikibu
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Izumi Shikibu (Japanese: 和泉式部, b. 976?) was a mid Heian period Japanese poet.
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Quotes[edit]
- Kuraki yori
Kuraki michi ni zo
lrinubeki
Haruka ni terase
Yama no ha no tsuki.- Out of the dark,
Into a dark path
I now must enter:
Shine on me from afar,
Moon of the mountain fringe! - Translated by Arthur Waley
- "Said to be [Izumi Shikibu's] death-verse; the moon may refer to Buddha's teachings." Anthology Of Japanese Literature (1955) by Donald Keene, p. 92
- Out of the dark,