Winter Days (冬の日)

Winter Days

The rains of the long journey have torn my hat, and my coat has crumbled in the daily storms.

Accustomed as I am to extreme poverty, I feel sorry for myself.

Suddenly remembering that master of mad verse who travelled long ago in this province, I wrote...

mad verse: in the withering gusts a wanderer - how much like Chikusai I have become! - Basho. animation: Yuriy Norshteyn

mad verse: in the withering gusts a wanderer - how much like Chikusai I have become!

who's that? Sasanqua spraying over a rain hat - Yasui. animation: Kihachiro Kawamoto

who's that? Sasanqua spraying over a rain hat

making the Master of Early Dawn construct a brewery - Kakei. animation: Fumio Oi

making the Master of Early Dawn construct a brewery

a red-haired horse shaking dew off its mane - Jugo. animation: Tatsutoshi Nomura

a red-haired horse shaking dew off its mane

Korean grass the long thin blades colorless - Tokoku. animation: Shn-ichi Suzuki

Korean grass the long thin blades colorless

in the scattered light harvesting rice plants in the fields - Shohei. animation: Haru Fukushima

in the scattered light harvesting rice plants in the fields

my grass hut -- where I offer the heron lodging - Yasui. animation: Takuya Ishida

my grass hut -- where I offer the heron lodging

having to hide while the hair grows back - Basho. animation: Raoul Servais

having to hide while the hair grows back

"the pain of deception" she thought squeezing her dry breasts - Jugo. animation: Noriko Morita

"the pain of deception" she thought squeezing her dry breasts

by an unfading stupa sobbing with heavy heart - Kakei. animation: Tatsuo Shimamura

by an unfading stupa sobbing with heavy heart

a silhouette in the early dawn cold lighting a fire - Basho. animation: Yoichi Kotabe, Reiko Okuyama

a silhouette in the early dawn cold lighting a fire

an empty house the owners disappeared from poverty - Tokoku. animation: Aleksandr Petrov

an empty house the owners disappeared from poverty

in a rice field the Koman willow dropping its leaves - Kakei. animation: Maya Yonesho

in a rice field the Koman willow dropping its leaves

a man pulling the boat in the mist - is he lame? - Yasui. animation: Yoji Kuri

a man pulling the boat in the mist - is he lame?

at dusk gazing sideways at the thin moon - Tokoku. animation: Uruma Delvi

at dusk gazing sideways at the thin moon

retiring from court to a street of gossipy neighbours - Jugo. animation: Seiichi Hayashi

retiring from court to a street of gossipy neighbours

asking the Second Nun about the cherry trees in full bloom at the imperial palace - Yasui. animation: Azuru Isshiki

asking the Second Nun about the cherry trees in full bloom at the imperial palace