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Sympathy ca. 1768 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese 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 aramiWaga koromode wa tsuyuni nure tsutsu.The thatch is ragged in the hutwhere I watch the autumn rice fields.Dew has drenched my sleeves.. Sympathy 45078
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