RKS Literature: Why Cling to Life to an Ugly Old Age (Yoshida Kenkō)

“If our life did not fade and vanish like the dews of Adashino’s grave or the drifting smoke from Toribe’s burning grounds, but lingered on forever, how little the world would move us. It is the ephemeral nature of things that makes them wonderful. Why cling to life which cannot last forever only to arriveContinue reading “RKS Literature: Why Cling to Life to an Ugly Old Age (Yoshida Kenkō)”