Year By Year, The Monkey's Mask Reveals

April's Air Stirs In Willow-leaves...a Butterfly Floats And Balances

Sabi Is The Color Of Haikai. It Is Different From Tranquility. For Example, If An Old Man Dresses Up In Armor And Helmet And Goes To The Battlefield, Or In Colorful Brocade Kimono, Attending (his Lord) At A Banquet, [sabi] Is Like This Old Figure.

The Universe And Its Beings Are A Complementarity Of Empty Infinity, Intimate Interrelationships, And Total Uniqueness Of Each And Every Being.

A Thicket Of Summer Grass / Is All That Remains / Of The Dreams Of Ancient Warriors.

Traveler's Heart. Never Settled Long In One Place. Like A Portable Fire.