Lake Hamana
on the spring sea from somewhere or other a boat comes rowing
haru no umi no doko kara to mo naku koide kuru
1937–1938 · Late Gochū-an period
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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A poem at Lake Hamana. From somewhere or other across the hazy spring water, a single boat comes rowing near. The placid feel of its unseen origin becomes, just so, the expanse of the spring sea.