Carpe Diem #1158 Kashiwabara, birth-place of Kobayashi Issa
1810
むさい家との給ふやうな雛哉
musai ya to no tamau yôna hiina kana
looking like she’s enduring
my crappy house…
the doll Issa
1804
を踏こたへたりみそさざい
yama kaze wo fumi kotaetari misosazai
fighting the mountain wind
on foot…
a wren Issa
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lonely storehouse
in a mountain village
a cup of tea
afternoon shadows
dance upon the walls
Issa’s spirit free
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