THE WILD BEAST GARDEN (1900) -- SHIKI

as evening comes across

Ueno Hill            

the woods grow dark and

wild beasts howl in

the wild beast garden              

Ueno yama                     

yū koekuruba                 

mori kurami                   

kedamono hoyuru           

kedamono no sono   

     

meerkats and shoebill,

resident at tokyo’s ueno zoo (est. 1882)