Japanese Tanka Poet

Famous quotes containing the words japanese and/or poet:

“In fact, the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people.... The Japanese people are ... simply a mode of style, an exquisite fancy of art.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“The poet conveys his thoughts in festive solemnity on the carriage of rhythm: usually because they are unable to walk on their own feet.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)