Yama Warau

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Yama warau, the mountains are smiling




Ashahi Village, Okayama Prefecture


yama warau -
even the funeral seems
lighter


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yama warau -
watashi datte
waraimasu yo

山笑う 私だって 笑いますよ

mountains smiling -
and me of course
smiling too


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Guo Xi (Chinese: 郭熙) wrote:

The mist around the mountains is not the same at the four seasons.

The mountains in spring are light and seductive as if smiling:
the mountains in summer have a blue-green colour
which seems to be spread over them;
the mountains in autumn are bright and tidy as if freshly painted;
the mountains in winter are sad and tranquil as if sleeping.


Mountains smile (yama warau)


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