Sympathy
An empress standing on the palace veranda watches peasants harvesting rice while a girl seated nearby plays with a black dog. Above is a famous ode attributed to the seventh-century emperor Tenji, the first in the collection known as the "Hyakunin Isshu" ("One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets"):
Aki no ta no kriho no io no toma o arami
Waga koromode wa tsuyu
ni nure tsutsu.
The thatch is ragged in the hut
where I watch the autumn rice fields.
Dew has drenched my sleeves.
Aki no ta no kriho no io no toma o arami
Waga koromode wa tsuyu
ni nure tsutsu.
The thatch is ragged in the hut
where I watch the autumn rice fields.
Dew has drenched my sleeves.
Artwork Details
- 百人一首 天智天皇
- Title: Sympathy
- Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: ca. 1768
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: H. 10 in. (25.4 cm); W. 7 5/ 16 in. (18.6 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914
- Object Number: JP870
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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