Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure, Book 2
The source
"As for me, I like sleeping." Yamamoto Tsunetomo said it in Hagakure, Book 2. Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.
"我は寢る事が好きなり"Original Japanese, Hagakure, Book 2. Japanese: Hagakure, vol. 1 (1937 printing), NDL digital text.
Who said it
Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659–1719). Samurai turned monk whose spoken reflections were written down as Hagakure, Hidden by Leaves.
Questions
- Who said "As for me, I like sleeping."?
- Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659–1719). Source: Hagakure, Book 2.
- What is the original Japanese?
- 我は寢る事が好きなり. Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.
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