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Even in this case, the dream is objective: the poet was asleep and woken by a<br />
song, but he welcomes the new day in a good way, in full emotional and<br />
inner adherence to its daily reality, represented in the third line about a<br />
humble and simple rice dish and strengthened by the spring kigo. In these<br />
verses, we find all the simplicity of Ryōkan's mind, the lightness and<br />
playfulness that distinguished this poet monk.<br />
hatsu ime<br />
furusato wo mite<br />
namida kana<br />
in the year's first dream<br />
my home village...<br />
tears<br />
Kobayashi Issa (4)<br />
In Japan, special importance is given to things that are done on the first day<br />
of the new year, and for Issa, this translates into a dream of seeing his home<br />
village country, where for many years he was forced to stay away because<br />
he disagreed with his stepmother, succeeding in returning to the family home<br />
only as an adult, living a short while in happiness. Issa's tears are an<br />
expression of a nostalgia that finds no peace, and the kigo is what further<br />
amplifies this feeling.<br />
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