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Silhouetted against the surface of the Mogami, a fisherman carries a long bamboo rod, the same kind that was used in Basho’s day. After viewing the river’s mouth at sunset on a sweltering day, he wrote: “The river Mogami / Has drowned the hot, summer sun / And sunk it in the sea!”
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 1.5 Mpixels (4.29 MB uncompressed) - 1500x1000 pixels (5x3.3 in / 12.7x8.5 cm at 300 ppi)
Published in: Japan, On the Trail of a Ghost