Kobayashi Issa

“Never forget: we walk on hell, gazing at flowers.”

“In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger.”

“Summer night-- even the stars are whispering to each other.”

“This dewdrop world Is but a dewdrop world And yet —”

“What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.”

“In this world We walk on the roof of hell Gazing at flowers”