drawing water deep among fallen leaves how clear the water is
ochiba fukaku mizu kumeba mizu no sumiyō
1936–1937 · At the Gochūan hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
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He draws water amid deep-piled fallen leaves. The water he lifts is startlingly clear. Beneath the withered things fallen and spread, there was water this clear. A small discovery in the days heading toward winter.