What is the meaning of the japanese phrase "moon behind the mountain"?

Answer 1

It was a poem. I do not think of it as composed poetry." The thirty-one syllables of the poem, honest and straightforward as if he were addressing the moon, are not merely to "the moon as my companion". Seeing the moon, he becomes the moon, the moon seen by him becomes him. He sinks into nature, becomes one with nature. The light of the "clear heart" of the priest, seated in the meditation hall in the darkness before the dawn, becomes for the dawn moon its own light. The meditation hall could be synbolic of the mountian. You can read a little more about it at the website.

Answer 2

Moon Behind The Mountain