Traveling together,
that high mountain in autumn,
was almost impassable.
How can you bravely hope
to make that journey alone?
- Princess Oku 大来皇女 (12 Feb 661 - 29 Jan 702)
Princess Oku was a Japanese princess during the Asuka period 飛鳥時代 and the daughter of Emperor Temmu 天武天皇. Quite a few poems are credited to her in the Man'yoshu, the anthology of the much revered old Japanese poems.
Image: Makalu (8481m) from the road leading to Jun Chiyabari Tea Garden's Ramche Division. October 2012.
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