Praying for Rain Komachi (Amagoi Komachi)
Edo period (1615–1868), about 1755
Medium
Color woodblock print (benizuri-e); hashira-e
Dimensions
27.2 × 10.6 cm (10 3/4 × 4 3/16 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
23293
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Here poet Ono no Komachi has just recited a poem about rain, causing the heavens to open up. This is an example of a hashira-e (pillar print), which would have been displayed on one of the pillars of a traditional Japanese home. Ishikawa Toyonobu excelled in creating designs for this type of print at a time when the size and format had just become standardized. Additionally, this image is a benizuri-e, a print that has only two or three colors, including beni, a pinkish red. Works with this colo...
About the Artist
Ishikawa Toyonobu · 1711–1785
Japanese, 1711–1785