the clouds at the water's bottom too — early-summer rain of the northern sky
minasoko no kumo mo michinoku no sora no samidare
1937–1938 · Late Gochū-an period
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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The sky of Michinoku is early-summer rain. The clouds mirrored at the water's bottom are hazed with rain as well. Sky and water-bottom, two sets of clouds soaked by one rain. The quiet damp of a northern rainy season seeps in from above and below.