no more houses to beg from and clouds on the mountains
monokou ie mo nakunari yama ni wa kumo
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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Walking his begging rounds, the row of houses runs out. There are no more houses to beg from. Look up, and clouds are on the mountains. Where the human world ends, the world of mountain and cloud begins.