Ueda Akinari (1734-1809)
Ueda Akinari or Ueda Shūsei was a Japanese author, scholar and waka poet, and a prominent literary figure in 18th-century Japan. (Ueda Akinari Quotes)
“In friendship, bond not with a shallow man.”
Ueda Akinari
“Shape I may take, converse I may, but neither god nor Buddha am I, rather an insensate being whose heart thus differs from that of man.”
Ueda Akinari
“The moon glows on the river, wind rustles the pines. Long night clear evening–what are they for?”
Ueda Akinari
“Though I cannot flee from the world of corruption, I can prepare tea with water from a mountain stream and put my heart to rest.”
Ueda Akinari
“Wealth without pride is the way of the great sage.”
Ueda Akinari
“Without a constant livelihood, there will be no constant heart.”
Ueda Akinari
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