when the grass sways I somehow wait for someone
kusa no soyogeba nan to naku hito o matsu
1936–1937 · At Gochū-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
kusa no soyogeba nan to naku hito o matsu
1936–1937 · At Gochū-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
Santōka Alarm is an iOS app that wakes you each morning with a single poem.
Set a poem you love as your alarm.
When the grass stirs, he somehow falls into waiting for someone. No one is expected, yet the movement of the wind resembles a human presence. The poem scoops up the small motion of the heart at the gate of a solitary house.