Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Kamo no Mabuci
Japanese Poet and Philologist
"Japanese poetry has as its subject the human heart. It may seem to be of no practical use and just as well left uncomposed, but when one knows poetry well, one understands also without explanation the reasons governing order and disorder in the world."
"How radiant, yet how peaceful and relaxing,the spirit of Spring is! Surely out of this spirit all these blossoming mountain cherries burst."