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Poem by Oe no Chisato
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
ca. 1840-42
No. 23 from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets depicting palanquin bearers returning home under a 22° halo moon while two dogs lay asleep in the foreground. A poem by Öe no Chisato (late 9th-early 10th century) appears in a cartouche on the top right of the print.
The poem can be deciphered as:
Autumn does not come for me alone among men yet I am burdened with a thousand vague sorrows when I gaze upon the moon.
(translation by Helen McCullough)
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