# Prayers for Rain, from the series Seven Elegant Komachi

- By: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
- Date: late 1790s
- Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Sheet: 38.2 x 25.2 cm (15 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line: Bequest of James Parmelee
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.1030)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.1030/1940.1030_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.