The blue-green mountain in Santōka’s haiku is more than a mountain.
It’s the idea of a path with no end, where each step opens another horizon.

Walking or reading, in the end, it’s the same: you never arrive, you keep going.

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I am alone, walking on the straight road. (2012) [5 min] by Masanori Okamoto | #Japan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBi3Id5N6JU

#StopMotion #CutoutAnimation #AnimatedShort #AnimatedShortOfTheDay #Animation #Gendai #TanedaSantoka #TokyoUniversityOfTheArts #Calm #Alone

> いつもつながれてほえるほかない犬です

> this dog
chained always
does nothing but bark

The dog always chained
has nothing else to do but
bark bark bark bark bark

> 足は手は支那に残して再び日本に

Legs and arms
left in China
you are back to Japan

Feet and hands, arms legs
Left behind in China
Returned to Japan

#種田山頭火 #TanedaSantōka
#TanedaSantoka #Haiku #FreeVerseHaiku #俳句
https://terebess.hu/english/haiku/tane