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Item from the Mokuhankan Flea MarketKomachi Praying for Rain![]() Size: 40.5cm by 26.5cm (15.94 in by 10.43 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ? Designer: Utagawa Toyokuni Era: Post-war | Currency: $ / £ / € Price: ¥ 8,000$ 58.00£ 45.50€ 53.25 ![]() ![]() Description: This print is from the set "Ukiyo-e Beauties Overseas" (在外浮世絵美人画逸品集) which consists of 12 reprints of bijin-ga (beautiful women paintings) from Boston and Chicago museums collection. It is one print from a triptych by Toyokuni. The image shows celebrated poet Ono no Komachi in Amagoi Komachi, one of seven plays known as Nana Komachi ("Seven Komachi") written in the 14th century. Having been called by the Emperor to provide a verse to bring forth rain during a drought, she recites her poem, lights some incense, and tosses the poem into a pond, initiating a thunderstorm. ![]() ![]() Browse thumbnail pages of various selections from the catalogue ... Mokuhankan Publications:general (100) kacho-e (27) landscape (54) bijin-ga (17) contemporary (16) senshafuda (2) yakusha-e (4) HangaClub (69) ebook (6) miscellaneous (4) 8 Cats (3) supplies (6) [ Also see our Annual Gift Page ] Partner Shops: Kawase Hasui prints (15) Yoshida family prints (55) Doi Hanga prints (54) Miyakodori prints (5) Numabe Mokuhan prints (3) Guest items (17) Mokuhankan Flea Market (All items) general (66) kacho-e (46) yakusha-e (17) landscape (139) bijin-ga (116) kuchi-e (0) contemporary (0) set (37) books (5) [ List of Recently sold items ] [ Flea Market Matsuri ] |
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