Ogino Yoko meets Kitagawa Utamaro

atsui yubune ni   ohibusa no nai mune wa tsumetai   shunrai ga todoroku *

hot bath water

cold on the breastless side

spring thunder

-Ogino Yoko

 

*the japanese is not a haiku, it is a literal translation of an English original

 

Art by Kitagawa Utamaro “bathing in cold water”