what a gentle sky — two or three citrons
nan to iu sora ga nagoyaka na yuzu no futatsu mitsu
1934–1936 · To the mountains, to the waters
Sōmokutō · Walking Mountains, Walking Waters (Sankō suikō)
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What a gentle sky it is. Beneath it hang two or three yuzu citrons. The blue of the clear winter sky and the yellow of the citrons quietly light each other up. Their very fewness makes the scene, if anything, richer.