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Post by bridgeplayer on Nov 3, 2018 22:57:50 GMT

Here is a clue:

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The characters form a poem, to be read from top to bottom and from right to left (not that I can read it

). It can be found in a city that has a large number of ‘wall poems’ in many languages. Once you found the name of that city, you should be able to find the location of this particular poem.

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Characters on a wall [Answered] Nov 18, 2018 13:58:04 GMT

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Post by bridgeplayer on Nov 18, 2018 13:58:04 GMT

Well done all!

The answer:

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Possibly the second most famous haiku (after the one about the frog and the pond) by Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694). A ‘literal’ translation, by David Landis Barnhill:

stormy sea:
stretching over Sado,
Heaven’s River

A translation by R. H. Blyth, which maybe tries to explain too much:

A wild sea,
And stretching out towards the Island of Sado,
The Milky Way.

To be found in Leiden, the Netherlands, a city famous for its large number of muurgedichten (wall poems) in many languages.
52.1569°N, 4.4856°E