Bashō, Hokku hatsu yuki ya 29th November 2015 Thomas Leave a comment On the first snows: when they were in the middle of building the great bridge at Fukakawa. 初雪やかけかゝりたる橋の上 hatsu yuki ya kake kakaritaru hashi no ue The first snows Lie lightly upon The half-built bridge. (1686)