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Aug 11, 2014
Prayers for Rain, from the series Seven Elegant Komachi
Prayers for Rain, from the series Seven Elegant Komachi
late 1790s
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
(1615-1868)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Sheet: 38.2 x 25.2 cm (15 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.1030
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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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