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「当世美人七小町」 雨乞
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 (Fukusendō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendō) (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
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-23
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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」
「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)