idaten-like

Updated: May 4, 2025

I put the eggs into my right and left pockets, four in each, with the same old red towel hung over my shoulder, my hands inside my coat, went to Masuya. I opened the shoji of the room and Porcupine greeted me with his Idaten-like face suddenly radiant, saying: "Say, there's hope! There's hope!" Up to last night, he had been downcast, and even I felt gloomy.

Soseki Natsume - Botchan (Master Darling)