Even as it envelops me
it is not mine, this autumn:
that wind blowing through
the pines,
I regret how it makes them fall
-- the leaves, the scarlet leaves
of ivy.
Autumn Ivy
Ogata kenzan, japanese, 1663-1743
Hanging scroll, ink color, and gold on paper
8 1/4 x 10 7/8 in., after 1732
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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