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Praying for Rain (Amagoi), from the series Modern Beauties as the Seven Komachi (Tôsei bijin Nana Komachi)


「当世美人七小町」 雨乞
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1821–22 (Bunsei 4–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.5 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.484
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-23
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem: Kotowari ya/ hi no moto nareba/ teri mo sen/ saritote wa mata/ ame ga shita to wa
「ことわりや日のもとならばてりもせめさりとてはまたあめかしたとは」
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)