Otagaki Rengetsu | Poem

First night frost
The once-beckoning
sleeves of silver grass
having withered
cannot shake off
this morning's first frost. 
 
Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875)
Ink on paper
12 x 10 cm (4¾ x 4 in.) 
Mounting 127 x 17 cm (50 x 6¾ in.)