moored here for the New Year, prows lined up in a row
moyaite koko ni shōgatsu no hesaki o narabe
1936–1937 · At the Gochūan hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
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The boats are moored, their prows lined up neatly. The New Year has come, and the boats too seem to be resting from their work. In the quiet of the harbor drifts the freshened, solemn mood of the year's beginning.