1807
.咲花やけふをかぎりの江戸住居
saku hana ya kyô wo kagiri no edo sumai
cherry blossoms--
I've been living in Edo
for this day!
Edo is today's Tokyo. In the shorthand of haiku, "blossoms" (hana) can mean "cherry blossoms."
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