on an aimless journey the sleeve-grass has gathered this much
ate mo nai tabi no tamotogusa konna ni tamari
1937–1938 · Late Gochū-an period
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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"Sleeve-grass" is the litter of grass that collects, unnoticed, in the fold of a sleeve. Traveling on with no set destination, this much has gathered. The distance walked remains in the sleeve as scraps of grass, like refuse.