always in the red and somehow, somehow — a butterbur shoot
akaji tsuzuki no dōyara kōyara fuki no tō
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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The household budget stays forever in the red. Even so, somehow or other life carries on, and before you know it a butterbur shoot has poked up its head. Hardship and the first sign of spring share the same patch of earth.