• But a haiku by Buson came into his mind: 'I try to forget this senile love; a chilly autumn shower.' The gloom only grew denser.

    Yasunari Kawabata: But a haiku by Buson came into his mind: 'I try to forget this senile love; a chilly autumn shower.' The gloom only grew denser.
    Yasunari Kawabata (2013). “The Sound of the Mountain”, p.210, Vintage