The Atsumi Peninsula.
round the bend a wind — the sea is near — a field of peas
magaru to kaze ga umi chikai endōbatake
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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Headed "the Atsumi Peninsula." Round a bend in the road, suddenly a wind. The sea is close. In the field the peas are growing. He knows the sea with his body before his eyes — a single instant along the traveling road.