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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)

ca. 1795

Chobunsai Eishi

Japanese, 1756-1829

The 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.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Framed: 15 1/8 x 10 in.
Gift of Mary and Allan Kollar, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2014.32.1
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: Susan Cole
location
Not currently on view

Resources

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.

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