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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Praying for Rain at Ryozengasaki in Kamakura, 1271 (Bun'ei hachi Kamakura Ryozengasaki ame inoru), from the series "Concise Illustrated Biography of the Great Priest [Nichiren] (Koso go ichidai ryakuzu)"

c. 1830/35
Color woodblock print; oban
21.7 × 34.1 cm (8.5 × 13.4 in)

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