江畔老にFor the elder Kōhan
浅間をまともにおべんたうは草の上にてAsama full in front of me — lunch out on the grass
あさまを まともに おべんとうは くさの うえにてasama o matomo ni obentō wa kusa no ue nite
昭和12年〜13年(1937-1938) 其中庵晩期1937–1938 · Late Gochū-an period
『草木塔』柿の葉Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
浅間山を真正面に見ながら、草の上で弁当をひらく。江畔老に贈られた句。山と草と弁当。それだけそろえば上等の食事になる。旅の昼餉のつつましい豊かさ。With Mount Asama full in view, he opens his lunch out on the grass. A poem presented to the elder Kōhan. Mountain, grass, and a boxed lunch — gather just those and it becomes a first-rate meal. The modest richness of a traveler's midday meal.