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soaked to the skin the horse puddling the paddy is scolded and scolded

bisshori nurete shirokaku uma wa shikararete bakari

1933–1934 · Begging journeys out from the hermitage
Sōmokutō · On the Begging Road (Gyōkotsu tojō)

Notes

In the rain, soaked through, a horse harrowing the flooded paddy for planting is scolded by its master again and again. On the sight of a horse scolded however hard it works, the passing traveler's eye rests a long while. A scene of mud and rain, the labor before the rice is set.

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