Beyond the Many Mountains

Someone still hopes to make a place in the world while there is time, and the verse is surprised at how late that comes. Range upon range of mountains lies in between. Past them, goods and income come forward as if to welcome the traveler.

With Kichi, Good fortune, as its printed grade in the book, this lot places its reward on the far side of a long crossing. The word late in the second line colors the whole grade.

Taken as a modern image, the mountains are the distance between an early hope and a late arrival. How has your own sense of on time changed over the years?