Chapter 24 THE AUTUMN FESTIVAL

Yo no naka ni

Ushi no Kuruma no

Nakari-seba,

Omoi no iye wo

Ikade ide-mashi?

In this world

If there were no

Ox-cart (i.e. Buddhist religion),

How should we escape

From the (burning) mansion of our thought?

During October, the whole family of the Fujinami removed from Tokyo for a few days in order to perform their relig