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something is missing leaves keep falling

nanika taranai mono ga aru ochiba suru

1934–1936 · Toward the mountains, toward the water
Sōmokutō · Walking Mountains, Walking Waters (Sankō suikō)

Notes

Something is missing. What is missing, he does not know. As if answering that unease, another leaf falls. A season that keeps diminishing, a heart that lacks something too.

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