all the way to the kitchen the moonlight, and i alone
kuriya made tsukikage no hitori de
1932–1934 · At the Gochū hermitage
Sōmokutō · One Man Within (Gochū hitori)
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Late at night the moonlight reaches even into the kitchen, and without lighting a lamp he lets it show him where to step. The stillness of a solitary life is thrown into relief by the very brightness of the moon.