Haiku of Kobayashi Issa

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1810

.おち栗やきのふは見へぬ茶呑橋
ochi kuri ya kinou wa mienu chanomi-bashi

chestnuts dropping--
a tea-drinking bridge
I didn't see yesterday

What is the connection between the new brigde (or bridge that Issa hadn't noticed yesterday) and the chestnuts falling?

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Issa

一茶