Katsushika Hokusai’s Li Bai, ca. 1835. Woodblock print.
2019
ca. 2’今三盃
宵つに
かの
な名
一を
一飲
一む Matsuo Bashō
sakazuki ni with the wine cup
mitsu no na wo nomu I drink three names
koyoi kana this evening
The three names Li Bai is drinking are: himself - his shadow cast by the moonlight - his reflection on the sake surface
Bibliography:
Bashō, M. (2016). Leve presencia (F. Rodríguez-Izquierdo y Gavala, Trad.). Satori Ediciones.