the leaves fallen no leaves left to fall the sun
ha no ochite ochiru ha wa nai taiyō
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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All the leaves that could fall have fallen; there are no leaves left to fall. Above the bared branches, the sun. The clean brightness of a tree whose season of falling leaves is over. Winter sunlight reaches a stripped-bare tree well.