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日本語EN

the persimmons red — a house grows livable when you live in it, and this its tree

kaki ga akakute sumeba sumareru ie no ki to shite

1936–1937 · At the Gochūan hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)

Notes

The persimmon in the garden has ripened red. Poor as the dwelling is, once you live in it you find it can, after all, be lived in. The persimmon tree with its red fruit stands close by him as the tree of this house. A poem of quiet relief, as if he had been granted permission to dwell.

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