A bold and unashamedly innovative master, Saigyo significantly updated the dictionary of the poet and introduced the image of the wanderer into Japanese poetry for the first time. During his lifetime, legends were made about Saigyo's travels, and after his death pilgrimages began to be made to the places sung by him. A special place in the poet’s work is occupied by the book of poems “The Mountain Hut” ,. Lyrical Hero , the poet-philosopher , I'm sorry for the loneliness ,. enjoys the beauty of the surrounding nature and admires the changing seasons, with rich colors of flowering cherries and majestic tranquility of mountain peaks . Saigyo's poetry is clear and simple, but behind this lies the subtle grace and skill with which the master weaved individual words and lines into whole works.