The Three Cornered World by Natsume Soseki

Author:Natsume Soseki
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gateway Editions
Published: 2022-05-24T00:00:00+00:00

I. Wên T’ung—Chinese painter (1018-1079) Unkoku Togan—Japanese landscape painter (1547-1618)

Ike Taiga—Japanese landscape painter (1723-1776)

Yosa Buson—Japanese painter and poet (1716-1783)

II. Sessyu Toyo—Japanese painter (1420-1506)

III. This is the title of the work in which Lessing discussed the differences between poetry and painting.

7

Brrr! It was cold. Towel in hand, I went down for a warm bath. I undressed in a small matted room, and then went down the four steps into the bathroom which was about twelve feet square. There appeared to be no shortage of stones in these parts, for both the floor, and the lining of the sunken bath tank in the centre were of pebbles set in cement. The tank was about the size of the vats they used to make bean-curd, being roughly four feet deep. This place was called a mineral spring, so there were presumably many mineral ingredients in the water. As, in spite of this, it was clear and transparent, I found it very pleasant to bathe in. From time to time some of the water found its way into my mouth, but it had no distinctive taste or odour. This spring was said to have medical properties, but I never took the trouble to find out what ailments it was supposed to cure. Since I myself was not suffering from any illness, the idea that the spring might have any practical value did not enter my head. As I stepped into the tank all I was thinking of was a poem by the Chinese poet Pai Le-tien that expresses the feeling of pleasure which the mere mention of the words ‘hot spring’ rouses in me.

The waters of the spring caress;

And smooth away all coarseness from my skin.

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