Kamo no Chomei

My body is like a drifting cloud – I ask for nothing. I want nothing.

Kamo no Chomei

Collected by Antoni P. Uni, Thailand 2005

Kamo no Ch?mei (1155 – 1216 ) was a Japanese author, poet (waka), and essayist. He was born Kamo no Nagaakira. He experienced a series of disasters in his life, was passed over for promotion in the government, and lost his political backing as a result. He decided to turn his back on society and became a simple hermit, living simply.