The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 20, 2025
Prayers for Rain, from the series Seven Elegant Komachi
late 1790s
(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Sheet: 38.2 x 25.2 cm (15 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.1030
Location: Not on view
Description
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.- ?–1940(James Parmelee [1855–1931], Cleveland, OH, and Washington, DC, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art1940–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Milliken, William M., Henry S. Francis, Howard Hollis, Gertrude Underhill, Silvia A. Wunderlich, and Nell G. Sill. “The Bequest of James Parmelee.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 28, no. 2 (February 1941): 15–31.
- Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 9-July 10, 2017).Ways of Drawing Faces. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 1, 1944-January 31, 1945).
- {{cite web|title=Prayers for Rain, from the series Seven Elegant Komachi|url=false|author=Kitagawa Utamaro|year=late 1790s|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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