“Here in the shadow of death it is hard
To utter the final word.
I'll only say, then,
"Without saying."
Nothing more,
Nothing more.”

— Dokyo Etan

Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6.

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Son of Sanada Nobuyuki 1642–1721

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