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the green frog

although the hand writing on the pic reads one of the most famous Basho's haiku about a frog who jumps into the pond, the actual composition is closer to anothe haiku, the one written by Akutagava Ryunosuke:

 

青蛙おのれもペンキぬりたてか

 

Green frog,

Is your body also

freshly painted?

 

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Uploaded on August 22, 2011
Taken on August 22, 2011