even if the crow caws no one will come
karasu naita tote dare mo kite wa kurenai
1937–1938 · Late Gochū-an period
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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There is a saying that a crow's cawing announces a visitor. But even if the crow caws, no one comes to this hermitage. In the small act of raising the folk belief only to cancel it, the loneliness of living alone shows through.