The day the mountains move is coming.

人の世に恋あるかぎり星は頭上に光りつつあるべし

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Akiko Yosano

Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) was a revolutionary Japanese poet whose collection 'Tangled Hair' liberated women's passionate voices in tanka poetry. Her antiwar poem 'Thou Shalt Not Die' challenged imperial authority during the Russo-Japanese War. Mother of eleven children, she was a tireless advocate for women's education and economic independence.

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Akiko Yosano's Other Quotes

山の動く日来る

Thou shalt not die.

Have you never touched this soft skin, flushed with hot blood? How lonely you must be, preaching the Way.

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