faintly blooming and mirrored in the water
honnori saite mizu ni utsuri
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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By the water a flower blooms faintly, its form reflected on the surface. He never names the flower. That it blooms, and that it is mirrored — a modest beauty for which that alone is enough.