not a single cloud I take off my hat
mattaku kumo ga nai kasa o nugi
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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In the sky, not a single cloud. He takes off his straw hat and looks the blue full in the face. A wide-open instant, with no need to fend off either rain or sun.