Cleveland Museum of Art
Prayers for Rain, from the series Seven Elegant Komachi
Kitagawa Utamaro
- Date
- late 1790s
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Seven plays based on legends from the life of 9th-century poet Ono no Komachi served as the source for this print series. In the play, Komachi shelters from the rain under an umbrella held by her servant. In this print, an elegantly coiffed mother and child replace the poet and her servant.
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