For a certain friend
moonlit night — so the gift he brought was rice
tsukiyo temiyage wa kome datta ka
1932–1934 · At the Gochū hermitage
Sōmokutō · One Man Within (Gochū hitori)
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A poem headed "For a certain friend." On a moonlit night a friend came to visit, and the gift he brought was rice. In such a present — not sake, not sweets, but rice — is a friendship that knows this life inside out. A heavy, solid weight received in the moonlight.