For the elder Kōhan
Asama full in front of me — lunch out on the grass
asama o matomo ni obentō wa kusa no ue nite
1937–1938 · Late Gochū-an period
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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With Mount Asama full in view, he opens his lunch out on the grass. A poem presented to the elder Kōhan. Mountain, grass, and a boxed lunch — gather just those and it becomes a first-rate meal. The modest richness of a traveler's midday meal.