the crumbling house crumbling in secret — an evening cicada
kuzureru ie no hisoka ni kuzureru higurashi
1936–1937 · At Gochū-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
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A decaying house goes on crumbling so secretly the eye cannot catch it. Into that stillness the clear voice of an evening cicada rings out. A thing perishing slowly, and the evening cicada — the sign of decay heard with a clear ear.