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Komachi Praying for Rain (Amagoi Komachi), from the series Seven Komachi (Nana Komachi no uchi)


「七小町の内 雨乞小町」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about late 1820s (late Bunsei era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 23.8 × 18.1 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Source unidentified
Accession Number2009.4991.26
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Kotowari ya/ hi no moto nareba/ teri mo sen/ saritote wa mata/ ame ga shita to wa
「ことはりや日のもとなればてりもせめさりとてはまた雨がしたとは」