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"On looking at the pine that stands in front of my hut" This poem was written in front of a pine at the site of Kobo Daishi's birth. Saigyô was, of course, wrong in his prediction.

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Japanese:

ひさにへて わが後の世を とへよ松 跡したふべき 人もなき身ぞ

Romanization:

Hisa ni hete waga nochi no yo wo toeyo matsu ato shitôbeki hito mo naki mi zo

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