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 1 Intro |      the Dragon; not birds and flowers, but the worship of Death;
 2 Buddhi| raindrops may call to life the flowers of many different climes -
 3 Nara  |     when, speaking of offering flowers to the Buddha, she says, "
 4 Nara  |       I offer these wind-blown flowers to the Buddhas~of the past,
 5 Fujiwa|    four winds that festival of flowers which reigned in Kyoto,
 6 Ashika|      to landscapes, birds, and~flowers. Thus Neo - Confucianism
 7 Ashika|      stars, in the glow of the flowers, in the motion of a passing
 8 Ashika|      green willows and crimson flowers. These vanish again, and
 9 Tokuga|        noted for his birds and flowers, resided in Nagasaki for
10 Meiji |       breath of star-like plum flowers; the stains of heroic blood
11 Vista |   refresh the earth before new flowers can spring up to cover it