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The cherries' only fault: the crowds that gather when they bloom

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Saigyō
Died: 1190
Died: March 31
Poet
Writer
Kyōto
Priest Saigyo
Saigyo
Saigyou
Fault
Crowds
Faults
Cherries
Bloom
Gather

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