Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms.
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| Birth: | 1394 |
| Death: | 1481 |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Profession: | Poet |
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Ikkyū was born in 1394 in a small suburb of Kyoto. It is generally held that he was the son of Emperor Go-Komatsu and a low-ranking court noblewoman. His mother was forced to flee to Saga, Japan, where Ikkyū was raised by servants. At the age of five, Ikkyu was separated from his mother and placed in a Rinzai Zen temple in Kyoto called Ankoku-ji, as an acolyte. The temple masters taught Chinese culture and language as part of the curriculum, a method termed Gozan Zen.
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