2.3 The Simpsons Raven clip
You will experience difficulty finding a decent clip of the Raven segment from The Simpsons online. Try downloading the episode. It originally ran in the first Treehouse of Horror Halloween special, Season 2, episode 3, segment 3.
3/Part Three: Japanese Death Haiku and Butoh Dance of Darkness
3.1 Famous Japanese Death Poetry
Ōta Dōkan, 1432-1486 ( warrior-poet, military tactician and Buddhist monk)
Dōkan met an untimely end at a Uesiugi clan leader’s home after he was falsely accused of disloyalty during a period when the Uesugi family struggled through an internal clan conflict.
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Kakaru toki
sakoso inochi no
oshikarame
kanete nakimi to
omoishirazuba
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Had I not known
that I was dead
already
I would have mourned
the loss of my life.
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Basho Matsuo, 1644-1694 (famous Japanese poet, recognized today as the master of clear, concise haiku)
Becoming ill and isolated in his later years, Bashō adopted the Buddhist principle of karumi or "lightness"—greeting the mundane world rather than separating himself from it. He died peacefully, surrounded by his disciples.
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Tabi ni yande
Yume wa kareno wo
Kake meguri
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falling sick on a journey
my dream goes wandering
over a field of dried grass.
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