under the blazing sky pulling barnyard grass
enten no hie o nuku
1936–1937 · At Gochū-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
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Under the blazing sky, he pulls the barnyard grass from the field. Bent at the waist, tugging one stalk at a time — plain, endless work. Within its few words is the heat and the emptiness of midsummer labor.