This poem was composed by Akahiko SHIMAKI who argued, 'What is referred to as literary sketch is a complement of the sole truth of internal being and not a portrayal of external events,' whereby preaching the 'Way of Portrayal' and the 'Way of Discipline.'
これは、「写生道」、「鍛錬道」を説き、「写生と称するもの外的事象の写生に非ずして内的生命唯一真相の捕捉なり」と言った島木赤彦の歌である。