The Sennin-buro, the thousand-person bath
naked the talk flows freely
hadaka de hanashi ga hazumimasu
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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A verse at the Sennin-buro, the great public bath. In the large tub, once everyone is naked there is no rank or title, and so the conversation flows. Even the polite turn of "hazumimasu" seems to relax in the rising steam.