靴大き若き賀客の来て居たり　　能村登四郎

kutsu ôki wakaki gakyaku no kiteitari

big shoes

of a young visitor

for New Year’s greeting

                                                Toshiro Nomura

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006