One who died on the road, of sickness on a journey.
the frost white — someone lies dead, just like that
shimo shiroku korori to shinde iru
1939 · The last long journey
Sōmokutō · Heart for the Road (Tabigokoro)
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It carries the headnote "One who died on the road, of sickness on a journey." A person fallen dead mid-journey lies stretched out, just like that, in the white frost. The lightness of korori — "just like that" — is all the more terrible for it. To a man living the same wandering life, this is no stranger's death.