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Kokinshu #321
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In the old village,
because it is so close to
Yoshino Mountain,
there's not a day, not even one,
when the deep snow doesn't fall.
furusato wa
yoshino no yama shi
chikakereba
hitohi mo miyuki
furanu hi wa nashi
---L.
In the old village,
because it is so close to
Yoshino Mountain,
there's not a day, not even one,
when the deep snow doesn't fall.
—30 September 2012
(Original author unknown.) As in #111, the "old village" may be an allusion to the former capital of Nara -- or possibly to Asuka, the capital before that, which was even closer to Mt. Yoshino.furusato wa
yoshino no yama shi
chikakereba
hitohi mo miyuki
furanu hi wa nashi
---L.