百人一首　天智天皇|Sympathy

Suzuki Harunobu

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

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.

Artist

Suzuki Harunobu

Date

ca. 1768

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914