Ogura Imitation of the One Hundred Poems (series title), Princess Kumo no Taema seduces priest Narukami at the waterfall. Narukami has locked the rain god in the waterfall, causing the land to suffer from severe drought. Taema makes him drink sake from the gourd in her right hand, so that she can later free the rain god. Scene from a kabuki play. Poem by Minamoto no Toshiyori Ason., print maker: Utagawa Kunisada (I), (mentioned on object), publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô, (mentioned on object), Japan, 1847 - 1850, paper, color woodcut

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