水車

David's English

mountain village--

pure water

husks the rice

yama-zato wa kome wo tsukasuru

shimizu

kana

一茶

.山里は米をつかする清水かな

by Issa, 1823

A mountain stream powers a rice-pounding mill.

sakuo renku

古今東西水車変らず

kokon touzai suisya kawarazu

All ages and countries

water mill doesn’t change

at a park in

Tokyo

.

sketched at R-Lauer Slaughter in

England

.