じつと子の手を握る大きなわが手
jitsuto ko no te wo nigiru ookina wagate


carefully holding
a child's hand
in my big hand


—Hosai
(Tr. David LaSpina)

_{(by HolgersFotografie, CC licensed)}

Hosai wrote this when he was living in Tokyo, a handful of years before his withdrawal from life and mostly self-imposed isolation at Suma Temple. It was a happier time when he still hoped for success with his wife.

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