winter has come — scraps of wood, scraps of bamboo
fuyu ga kite iru kigire takegire
1932–1934 · At the Gochū hermitage
Sōmokutō · One Man Within (Gochū hitori)
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Scraps of wood and bamboo lie scattered in the yard. In the dry feel of them as he gathers kindling, winter has already arrived. The season comes not only from the sky but from the small things underfoot.