when it turns warm shadows of trees, shadows of people
atataka nareba kokage hitokage
1936–1937 · At the Gochūan hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
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When it grows warm, the trees cast shadows, and people come outdoors and cast theirs too. Just by setting the two 'shadows' side by side — of tree and of person — the brightness of springlike sunlight comes through. A sign of winter seclusion coming to its end.