the drizzling earth I break up and sow
shigururu tsuchi o uchiokoshite wa maku
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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In the falling drizzle, he breaks up the soil of the field and sows his seed. Field work before the winter's rest, undertaken without minding the wet. The sown seed will wait quietly for spring beneath the rain.