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Worn and dulled by sickness, back to the hut from Shinano.

grasses and trees, come back alive and grown thick

kusa ya ki ya ikite modotte shigette iru

1934–1936 · To the mountains, to the waters
Sōmokutō · Walking Mountains, Walking Waters (Sankō suikō)

Notes

Returning to the hut worn out with illness from his journey in Shinano, he finds the grasses and trees grown thick to welcome him. That he has come back alive, and that they are flourishing, meet his eye as one and the same joy.

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