crystalline the waterbirds pair off
reirō to shite mizudori wa tsurumu
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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Reirō — a limpid, crystalline clarity: on a winter water washed utterly clear, the waterbirds pair and draw close. The cold, taut air, and the warmth of the birds' lives, are offered like a single transparent picture.