let's strike the bell on this lovely day
uraraka na kane o tsukō yo
1937–1938 · Late Gochū-an period
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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A poem composed at the Byōdō-in in Uji. On a lovely spring day, he coaxes no one in particular: let's strike the bell just once. A stray notion mid-journey. Even the bell's sound seems as if it will ring out lovely. A poem you want to release into the morning air along with its lightness.