Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Yamadera

Yamadera, meaning Mountain Temple, is where Basho wrote a celebrated haiku. It's written on this straw hat. It reads:

静けさや岩に滲み入る蝉の声
shizukesaya iwa ni shimiiru semi no koe
such stillness, sinking into these stones, the sounds of cicadas






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