Description
Taira Tadanori (1144-1184), on his way to the battle at Ichinotani, slept under a cherry tree one night. The poem he composed that night, which later was found on his dead body, expressed no concern for battle or death but was a simple appreciation of nature at that moment. In van Bremen-Ito's translation:
When twilight comes
under the shade of this tree
I take up my dwelling;
this night, only a flower
will be my host.
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