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A camellia flower fell;
A cock crowed;
Some more fell.

Baishitsu




from Zen and Zen Classics - Volume One by R. H. Blyth, The Hokuseido Press/Heian International, San Francisco, 1982

if you would like to read more excerpts from this book please refer to:
http://home.att.net/~paul.dowling/archive/zen/blyth/blyth-all.htm

Illustration: Ando Hiroshige, Sparrows in the Sazanka in Snow (Setchu Sazanka ni Suzume),1832-34, from the series Nature Prints (O-Tanzaku), Publisher: Jakurindo
(Sazanka is the Japanese common name for Camellia)

if you would like to see more prints by Ando Hiroshige please refer to:
http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/