the bare winter tree in moonlight I'll go to sleep
fuyuki no tsukiakari neru to suru
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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Through the branches of a bare winter tree, moonlight comes slanting in. Watching it from his bedding, he thinks, well then, time to sleep. With the murmured "I'll go to sleep," the day quietly closes.