the beauty of the grasses hushed in the drizzle
kusa no utsukushisa wa shiguretsutsu shimeyaka na
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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Wet in the cold drizzle, the withering grasses are hushed and beautiful. Not the showiness of a fine day, but a subdued beauty that appears only in the rain. In the season of shigure, the grasses wear just such a face.