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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