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「今やう娘七小町 雨こひ小まち」
Komachi Praying for Rain (Amagoi Komachi), from the series Modern Girls as the Seven Komachi (Imayô musume Nana Komachi)
「今やう娘七小町 雨こひ小まち」
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1810s (late Bunka era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.6 x 25.9 cm (15 3/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams
Accession Number20.126
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Another print in the series (Sotoba): Kokubungaku kenkyû shiryôkan, ed., Zusetsu mitate to yatsushi (2008), p. 41, cat. no. 34
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.13598, 20.126, 21.6981
Unidentified publisher's mark.
Unidentified publisher's mark.
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
No censor's seal
InscriptionsPoem: Kotowari ya/ hi no moto nareba/ teri mo sen/ saritote wa mata/ ame ga shita to wa
ProvenanceHenry Brooks Adams (b. 1838 - d. 1918), Washington, DC; 1920, gift of the estate of Henry Brooks Adams to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1920)