the spearflower too — a lonesome one, its berry a single dot
yabukōji mo sabishigariya no mi ga potchiri
1934–1936 · To the mountains, to the waters
Sōmokutō · Walking Mountains, Walking Waters (Sankō suikō)
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The spearflower (yabukōji) bears a single small red berry. He calls the way it ripens, hidden in the low shade, a "lonesome one." Between two lonely beings, a familiarity wells up, as if their eyes had met.