Ōura Cathedral.
up the stone steps in the winter rain Santa Maria
fuyuame no ishidan o noboru santamariya
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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The headnote reads 'Ōura Cathedral.' He climbs the stone steps wet with winter rain; at the top waits the sanctuary of Santa Maria. A Zen mendicant stands quietly before the Holy Mother of a foreign faith.