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Photo: Susan Cole
Praying for Rain (Amagoi), from the series Seven Fashionable Scenes from the Life of Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)
Photo: Susan Cole

Praying for Rain (Amagoi), from the series Seven Fashionable Scenes from the Life of Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

Dateca. 1795
Label TextThe unusual color of this print is a result of the benigirai color scheme, in which red is omitted for shades of purple, green, and yellow. Though this print appears to be monochrome, a closer look reveals a trace of pigment. The son of a high-placed government official and a painter by training, Eishi brought a stately sensibility to his work, which was heightened by his training in the conservative Kano school of painting.
Object number2014.32.1
Provenance[Peter Gilder, Arts and Designs of Japan, San Francisco, California]; purchased from gallery by Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington, 1990; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2014
Photo CreditPhoto: Susan Cole
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle, May 5 - Sept. 9, 2007. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Apr. 1 - July 4, 2010. Text by Catherine Roche. Cat. no. 32, reproduced p. 55.
Credit LineGift of Mary and Allan Kollar, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
DimensionsFramed: 15 1/8 x 10 in. (38.4 x 25.4 cm)
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Photo: Scott Leen
ca. 1847-52
Object number: 53.140
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.47.1