Looking At The Mountains Poem by Santoka Taneda

'' yama o miru kyō ichinichi wa kasa o kaburazu '' '' looking at the mountains; / all day no need / to put on my kasa ''

A kasa is a large woven straw hat. Traveling monks wear it to shield them from the sun and rain.

As he said, about the mountains: ''... Orientals like to contemplate the mountains. As for me, I like to taste them ''