someone far away parted from me the tsukudani I simmer
wakarete tōi hito o tsukudani o niru
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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Thinking of one who is now far away since they parted, he simmers tsukudani (fish and seaweed cooked down in soy). The stumbling grammar — "the person, the tsukudani, I simmer" — mirrors exactly a heart in which longing and handwork are stirred together.