the goat sounds sad the grass is green
yagi wa kanashige ni kusa wa aoku
1937–1938 · Late Gochū-an period
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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A tethered goat bleats in a sad voice, and the grass around it is deep green. Is it the goat that is sad, or the human ear that hears it so? The brightness of the green grass only sets the bleating off more sharply.