Art Institute of Chicago
Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain
Isoda Koryusai
- Date
- Edo period (1615–1868), about 1771
- Medium
- Color woodblock print, hashira-e
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
In one legend about Ono no Komachi, the ninth-century poet summons rain by reciting an ode, thereby ending a long drought. In this print, an 18th-century woman in modified court dress accomplishes the same feat by reading the poem in her hand, possibly a love letter.
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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