threatening snow that won't turn to snow the smoke of the factory district
yukimoyoi yuki ni naranai kōjō chitai no kemuri
1936–1937 · At the Gochūan hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
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A sky on the very verge of snow will not quite turn to snow. Under the low, heavy clouds, the smoke of the factories rises. A leaden winter day where the natural sky and human smoke blend into one.