“In the scenery of spring,
nothing is better, nothing worse”

—  Ryōkan

As translated in Haiku : Spring (1950) by Reginald Horace Blyth
Context: In the scenery of spring,
nothing is better, nothing worse;
The flowering branches are
of themselves, some short, some long.

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Japanese Buddhist monk 1758–1831

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