In the expression of the emotions, originality merits the first consideration... The words used, however, should be old ones.

- Fujiwara No Teika

Looking about I see no cherry blossoms And no crimson leaves A straw-thatched hut by a bay In the autumn dusk.

- Fujiwara No Teika

However far I gaze Neither cherry blossoms nor Crimson leaves are in sight. Only a fisherman's hut on the shore In the autumnal evening.

- Fujiwara No Teika