when the lilies bloom, for the jizō too a lily
yuri sakeba o-jizō-sama ni mo yuri no hana
1934–1936 · To the mountains, to the waters
Sōmokutō · Walking Mountains, Walking Waters (Sankō suikō)
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Because the lilies have bloomed, he offers one to the Jizō stone as well. They bloomed, so he gives. This artless give-and-take, with no reasoning behind it, passes between him and the roadside stone Buddha.