Sympathy

Suzuki Harunobu

An item at Metropolitan Museum of 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.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art