the drizzle washed the graves like a friend and passed on
shigure shitashū ohaka o aratte itta
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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A passing spell of cold drizzle washed the gravestones and moved on. "Shitashū" — intimately, like a friend. The graves that people tend to forget, the rain visits and cleanses with every turn of the season.