The couple next door.
at last a household of their own — a brand-new bucket
yatto shotai ga motete atarashii baketsu
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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Headed "the couple next door." The next-door couple who have at last set up a household of their own — their brand-new bucket gleams. The joy of a new life is mirrored in a single everyday thing.