2nd doshu.
Born June 27th, 1921 in Ayabe.
Died January 4th, 1999 at 77 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde