ringed round by tea shrubs, a life of no particular anything
cha no ki ni kakomare sokohakatonai kurashi
1932–1934 · At the Gochū hermitage
Sōmokutō · One Man Within (Gochū hitori)
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The tea shrubs ring the hermitage all the way around, and inside them a life is lived with nothing you could call an event. In the phrase "no particular anything" there is exactly as much precariousness as there is peace.