no sooner open than dripping the crimson camellia
hiraku yori shizuku suru tsubaki makka na
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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A crimson camellia, dripping rain the moment it opens. Wetness makes the red deeper still. Blooming and being drenched happen at once — the freshness of an early-spring flower.