Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain (Ono no Komachi, Amagoi), from the series Gekkô's Miscellany (Gekkô zuihitsu)

「月耕随筆　小野小町　雨乞」

Ogata Gekkô (Japanese, 1859–1920)
Publisher: Takekawa Risaburô (Chikusendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1892 (Meiji 25)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 × 25 cm (14 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016

Accession Number2016.973

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Gekkô
月耕

Marks Artist's seal

ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)