Japan

It was said by Japan’s most famous poet, Basho, that “a poem that suggests 70–80 percent of its subject may be good, but a poem that only suggests 50–60 percent of the subject will always retain its intrigue.”

“Whew, you’re only sleeping for two hours?” But she would get up and start to work again. And that happened every day. Thinking this was outrageous, I approached the studio head, but his response was, “There’s no one else I can trust to do this work.” For her part, as well, she was an avid worker, who always said, “I’d rather do it myself than team