SHIKO 市貢 - Died on the fourth day of the first month, 1743 at the age of fifty-three
SHIKO 市貢 - Died on the fourth day of the first month, 1743 at the age of fifty-three
I vanish—
in the window,
snows of Eagle Peak remain.
Context: A death poem/the man's final poem before death. Shiko lived in the eastern section of Kyoto, in the foothills of the mountain called Washi-ga-mine (lit., Eagle Peak). He died during the height of the snowy season.
Taken from Japanese Death Poems by Yoel Hoffman.