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Object Type
print
Museum number
1925,0406,0.11
Title
Object:
Amagoi
(Praying for Rain)
Series:
Furyu Yatsushi Nana-Komachi
(Stylishly Casual Seven Komachis)
Description
Woodblock print. Popular culture. Two girls playing with model boat by stream with umbrella, tanzaku and poem.
Producer name
Print artist:
Suzuki Harunobu (鈴木春信)
School/style
Ukiyo-e School
Cultures/periods
Meiwa Era
Production date
1760s(mid)
Production place
Made in:
Japan
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
Dimensions
Height:
27 centimetres
(image)
Height:
56 centimetres
(mount)
Width:
18.40 centimetres
(image)
Width:
40.70 centimetres
(mount)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Waterhouse 1964 / Harunobu and his age: The Development of Colour Printing in Japan
(21(b/w))
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
2016 Jan- Feb, Chiba, Japan, Chiba City Museum, "Ukiyo-e"
Subjects
boat/ship
poetry
child
yatsushi
Associated names
Associated with:
Ono no Komachi (小野小町)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Kato Shozo (加藤章造)
Acquisition date
1925
Department
Asia
Registration number
1925,0406,0.11
Conservation
Treatment
: 01 Mar 2002