the New Year's crows caw and caw
oshōgatsu no karasu kā kā
1932–1934 · At the Gochū hermitage
Sōmokutō · One Man Within (Gochū hitori)
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On New Year's morning too, the crows caw and caw as they always do. Their cry, indifferent to any festivity, suits the New Year of a solitary hermitage all the better. The dry brightness of a first-day sky with nothing to celebrate.