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HE moon that shone the whole night through This autumn morn I see, As here I wait thy well-known step, For thou didst promise me— ‘I’ll surely come to thee.’

Sosei is supposed to have been the son of Bishop Henjō, the writer of, born before the latter entered the church, about the year 850. His name as a layman was Hiro-nobu Yoshi-mine, and he became abbot of the Monastery of Riyau-inwin at Iso-no-kami, in the Province of Yamato.