pounding rice to make mochi*
that rabbit on the moon**
is said no to exist
the night of Heisei***
is purified by the autumn moon
*rice cake made of mochi-rice
**Old Japanese believed that a rabbit who pounded mochi
lived on the moon by looking at the shades of lunar craters.
***the current era in Japan, started from 1989
photo by aunt jam
roughly translated by aunt jam
歌集『六分の桜』p128より
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