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Lunar eclipse.

the moon of a travel night slowly, slowly waning

tabi no tsukiyo no dandan kageyuku o

1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)

Notes

Headed "lunar eclipse." On a moonlit night far from home, he watches the moon go gradually into shadow. He simply gazes and sees off a rare celestial event of one night's travel.

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