Prayers for Rain, from the series Seven Elegant Komachi
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
late 1790s
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Classification
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 38.2 x 25.2 cm (15 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Art
- Credit line
- Bequest of James Parmelee
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
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.
