making this my grave — the red spider lilies blaze
koko o hakaba to shi manjushage moyuru
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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A place where the red spider lilies bloom as if on fire. Let this be my grave, he resolves. Not grieving over death, but looking quietly on his final place from the very heart of the blazing red flowers.