The former residence of Master Fukuzawa.
that storehouse just as it was — aucuba berries
sono dozō wa sono mama ni aoki no mi
1939 · The last long journey
Sōmokutō · Heart for the Road (Tabigokoro)
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A poem written on visiting the former residence of Fukuzawa Yukichi. The old earthen storehouse remains just as it was, and beside it an aucuba shrub bears its red berries. Rather than the trace of a great man, it is a hushed winter garden that the eye simply beholds.