cleared skies and New Year's Day the water brimming full
harete ganjitsu no mizu ga tataete ippai
1936–1937 · At the Gochūan hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
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On the clear morning of New Year's Day, the water he has drawn stands brimming to the full. At the start of the new year, first of all there is water. That alone gives the sense that he can make it through this year. Not a feast, not an ornament — a quiet, sure auspiciousness of a vessel full of water.