"Always they stepped through the gallery with
a strange rising of the heart, but the five of
them cried out as one when they saw that
cloud of pink spread across the late afternoon
sky. It was the climax of the pilgrimage, the
moment treasured through a year. All was
well, they had come again to the cherries in
full bloom" page 89
a strange rising of the heart, but the five of
them cried out as one when they saw that
cloud of pink spread across the late afternoon
sky. It was the climax of the pilgrimage, the
moment treasured through a year. All was
well, they had come again to the cherries in
full bloom" page 89
Source: The Makioka Sisters
By Junichiro Tanizaki, page 89
Published by Tuttle Publishing, 1958