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Utagawa Toyokuni I

A Contemporary Parody of Komachi Prays for Rain (Tosei yatsushi Amagoi Komachi)

c. 1792
Color woodblock print; oban
37.6 × 24.5 cm (14.8 × 9.6 in)

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