The Poetess Gishumon-in no Tango, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)
Edo period (1615–1868), 1801
Chobunsai Eishi Japanese, 1756-1829
Japan
Somehow or other
When I hear it, oh, the tears
How they pour out!
Back and forth over sleeves of moss
The sweeping wind through the pines.
(Translation by Andrew J. Pekarik)
Page from a color woodblock-printed volume