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“From the day of my coming hither
Full seventy years have passed.
Now, setting out on my final path
My two legs trample the sky.”
Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6; Cited : Sushila Blackman. Graceful Exits: How Great Beings Die. 2005. p. 66
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Full seventy years have passed.
Now, setting out on my final path
My two legs tramp…" by Tsugen Jakurei?
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