Miyazawa: Tin
This is the Miyazawa Tin.
Miyazawa looked up from his radish field. The wind carried a train’s whistle across the valley. He held up a dented tin cup. miyazawa tin
Inside, there are no coins, no jewels. Only a handful of rusted nails, a pebble from the Kitakami River, and a scrap of paper with four faded characters: "Be not defeated by the rain." This is the Miyazawa Tin
“For the meal that never came.” “For the friend who walked home in the dark.” “For the star that fell into the paddy.” there are no coins
For Kenji Miyazawa, who saw the light in iron and stardust
