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dangling there in the falling snow a bagworm

burari to sagatte yuki furu minomushi

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

Notes

Snow falls on a bagworm that hangs loosely from a branch. Clad in its case though it is, a single thing left dangling in the cold sky looks forlorn. Upon the small, motionless creature, the snow falls without distinction.

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