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04 Life Ebbing Away
high-definition creative commons posters depicting Life Ebbing Away from Kobayashi Issa’s The Spring of My Life together with further information.
The narrator embarks on a journey to Japan’s far north to improve his haiku. Approaching sixty, he reflects on his mortality and feels humbled by the legacy of the Zen poet Saigyō. Leaving home with a sense of finality, he crosses the Shirakawa Barrier. The text also includes several poignant poems contemplating idleness, the brevity of life, and nature’s fleeting beauty, ranging from mosquito larvae to dragonflies and radiant fireflies.
The posters and summaries were generated by
Gemini Notebook
under the direction of
Anandajoti Bhikkhu
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