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  Samurai Death Poem T-shirt: Sakamoto Ryoma
  Samurai Death Poem T-shirt: Sakamoto Ryoma


 
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Sakamoto Ryoma is a hero of the Great Meiji Restoration and still considered one of the most influential individual in the Japanese history. This T-shirt features his death poem outrageously printed on the front and the imaginary bloodstains on the back. The poem was read when he was a teenager,

"It's only I,
that know what I must do."


The poem calligraphed by Yamamoto Terumi.
Size: S, M, L, XL, XXL. Color: White.



Our Price: ¥3,990
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Product Code: 046-T007


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Size A B
S 66 cm 49 cm
M 70 cm 52 cm
L 74 cm 55 cm
XL 78 cm 58 cm
XXL 82 cm 61 cm



A death poem(jisei no ku) is a poem written near the time of one's own death. It is a tradition for literate persons to write one in a number of different cultures, especially in Japan.

Poetry has long been a core part of Japanese tradition, in strong relation to religious practice. The poem should be graceful, natural, and about neutral emotions adhering to the teachings of Buddhism and Shinto (and possibly Christianity). Except the earliest works of this tradition, it has been considered to be rude to mention death explicitly; rather, metaphoric references such as sunsets, autumn or falling sakura (cherry blossom) suggest the transience of life. .

As a once-in-a-lifetime event, it was common to converse with respected poets before, and sometimes well in advance of, a death to help finish writing a poem. As the time passes, changes take place in a person's life and the poem could often be rewritten. This rewriting was almost always not mentioned to keep from tarnishing the deceased person's legacy.

Writing death poems is done by both Chinese and Japanese Zen monks (writing either Chinese style poetry kanshi, waka or haiku), and by many haiku poets, as well as those who wish to write one. It was also an ancient custom in Japan for literate persons to compose a jisei on their death-bed. One of earliest records of jisei was recited by Prince Otsu executed in 686.

A death poem sometimes took on an aspect of a will, reconciling differences between persons. In a full ceremonial seppuku (Japanese ritual suicide) one of the elements of the ritual is the writing of a death poem. The poem is written in the waka style (five units long which are usually composed of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables). Asano Naganori, the daimyo whose suicide the forty-seven ronin avenged, wrote a death poem in which commentators see the immaturity and lack of character that led to him being ordered to commit seppuku in the first place.

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