rock setting thistle to bloom on rock
iwa ga iwa ni azami sakasete iru
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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A thistle blooms in a crack in the rock. 'Rock setting rock to bloom' is a tender way of seeing it. Upon the hardest thing of all, a thorned flower has opened.