My Neighbor Totoro A Film by Hayao Miyazaki Lights and lampsFlight of the soot spritesDad's study spirit
Princess Mononoke A Film by Hayao Miyazaki There's a demon inside of youYou find reasons to keep livingTo see with eyes unclouded by hateRise to meet it
The Wind Rises A Film by Hayao Miyazaki I choose a world with pyramidsIt's cold outside, but this room is quite cozyLive your ten yearsA world with pyramids Who has seen the wind?We must try to live
Spirited Away A Film by Hayao Miyazaki The wind's pulling us inFalse train stationThe spirits' bath houseThe boiler roomSea train+1 More spirit
Howl's Moving Castle A Film by Hayao Miyazaki If I can't be beautifulScenes by the fireWatermillA candle in the hallThe castle takes flight The ancient fire spirit who lived in the hearthFire, the animating spirit
10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki A Documentary by Hayao Miyazaki www3.nhk.or.jp An exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the genius of Japan's foremost living film director, Hayao Miyazaki — creator of some of the world's most iconic and enduring anime feature films. animationfilmcreativity
Japanese Death Poems A Book by Yoel Hoffman www.goodreads.com The haikuSpring snowAn entrance, an exitPoppiesCoolness will rise+4 More Graceful Exits: How Great Beings DiePoems of an Indian summerHe only who has lived with the beautiful deathpoetrynaturemelancholyzen
The haiku The haiku describes a single state or event. The time of the haiku is the present. The haiku refers to images connected to one of the four seasons, poetry
An entrance, an exit Empty-handed I entered the world Barefoot I leave it My coming, my going Two simple happenings That got entangled death
Coolness will rise When you have vanquished your selfhood, coolness will rise even from the fire. identity
The way of things It is when one forces principles on the world that one interferes with its natural workings. How things ought to be wisdomnature
Autumn breezes blow One day you are born you die the next – today, at twilight, autumn breezes blow. zen