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Description	Tsukubai at Ryoanji temple in Kyoto
Source	self
Date	17 jan 2004
Author	self
Permission	see below

[edit] Summary

The [kanji] written on the surface of the stone are without significance when read alone. If each is read in combination with 口 (kuchi), which the central bowl is meant to represent, then the characters become 吾, 唯, 足, 知. This perhaps translates to "I only know myself".

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