Saikaku Ihara Quotes & Sayings

I borrow moonlight for this journey of a million miles. — Saikaku Ihara

When he appeared before the lord, his lordship was smitten immediately with the boy's unadorned beauty, like a first glimpse of the moon rising above a distant mountain. The boy's hair gleamed like the feathers of a raven perched silently on a tree, and his eyes were lovely as lotus flowers. One by one his other qualities became apparent, from his nightingale voice to his gentle disposition, as obedient and true as a plum blossom. — Saikaku Ihara

There is always something to upset the most careful of human calculations. — Saikaku Ihara