Fujiwara no Teika Professions : Poet Born : 1162 Died : September 26, 1241 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Fujiwara no Teika In the expression of the emotions, originality merits the first consideration... The words used, however, should be old ones. Fujiwara no Teika merit expression firsts 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 cherry-blossom cherries autumn 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 cherry-blossom evening sight Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
