from somewhere or other they come scattering down — the sentiment of leaves
doko kara tomonaku chitte kuru ko no ha no kanshō
1936–1937 · At the Gochūan hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
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From where do they scatter? The leaves come fluttering down. As his eyes follow where they go, a mood that can only be called sentiment steals in. Leaves whose origin is unknown, and a loneliness whose origin is unknown.