the sowing done a good rain comes — the color of the mountains
maki oeru to yoi ame ni naru yama no iro
1938–1939 · Yuda · Fūraikyo hut
Sōmokutō · Cold and Alone (Kokan)
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Just as he finishes sowing the seed, a fine rain begins to fall, at exactly the right moment. In the rain that moistens the freshly turned soil, even the color of the mountains softens and grows moist. The deep relief of a day when the work and the weather fit perfectly.