Career
Masahide practiced medicine in Zeze and led a group of poets who built the Mumyō Hut. Barn"s burnt down
Barn"s burnt down --
now
I can see the moon. Alternate translation:
Since my house burned down
I now own a better view
of the rising moon
When bird passes on
When bird passes on --
like moon,
a friend to water.
Masahide"s Death Poem
while I walk on
the moon keeps pace beside me:
friend in the water.