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Maker(s):Eishōsai Chōki
Culture:Japanese (active 1790s-early 1800s)
Title:Amagoi Komachi [Komachi Calling for Rain], from the series Keshiki Nana Komachi [Scenes of the Seven Komachi]
Date Made:ca. 1780-1810
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut); sumizuri-e, ink on paper; embossed lightning-pattern ground
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Sheet: 10 in x 7 5/16 in; 25.4 cm x 18.6 cm; Image: 9 7/8 in x 7 1/4 in; 25.1 cm x 18.4 cm
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNATURE: recto, ctr. l. (black ink, within image): [Japanese character, Choki ga]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Keshiki Nana Komachi]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Amagoi / Komachi]; INSCRIPTION: recto, around the image (black ink): [Japanese character, [ill.]].
Accession Number:  MH 1973.217.Q.RII
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Vertical sheet with scene in a circle: two men servants hold an umbrella for a woman (Koachi) at a river bank, overlooking an architecture on the other side.

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