Eku's Foryoso

Eku was a Japanese poet who wrote extensively about the political upheavals of his time. His sharpest critiques though, were for buddhist monks whom he saw as defiling the way of zin. In eku's eyes, such monks were actively leading people astray with their session with worldly attainment and success. The culmination of that criticism came in 14 forty when ditokuji held services to commemorate the anniversary of caso's death in 14 28. By this point, caso's chief disciple, and, at least according to eku, chief succup yosu, was the abbot of ditokji. There was much pomp and circumstance, as