Shunbun no hi
clearing weeds
from my cousin’s grave
Shunbun no hi
liberando dalle erbacce
la tomba di mia cugina
© Lucia Fontana
Utagawa Yoshitsuya, Fukakusa Village, Grave of Shôshô, Cherry Tree of Shôshô, Gensei-ji Temple, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), aka Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho no uchi, 1863