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Komachi Praying for Rain

Torii Kiyomitsu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Komachi Praying for Rain by Torii Kiyomitsu: The image depicts two people, one male and one female, standing under rain. The man on the left is barefoot and wears a brown kimono with white and orange stripes. He has his hair tied up and holds a yellow parasol with a black handle over the woman. The parasol has a diamond-shaped pattern on the ribs and a white interior. The woman on the right wears a green kimono with a pink lining and a white floral pattern. She has a pink obi and a hairpiece on her head, and holds a white and yellow object in her left hand. She wears geta sandals with a red and gold design. The background is a gray color with diagonal white lines representing rain. The image is a traditional Japanese woodblock print.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1765
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
477 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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