| Title | "Autumn Rain" ("Aki no Ame") |
| Date | April 1878 |
| Series | "Mirror of the Flowering of Manners and Customs" ("Kaika Ninjo Kagami") |
| Publisher | Kobayashi Tetsujiro |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Watanabe Eizo |
| Image Size | 9 1/2 x 14 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky, cartouche, and face; visible woodgrain to grey sky; "burnishing" to black lower garment and to falling rain streaks; amazingly detailed carving of individual hairlines. |
| Condition | Very Good++. Excellent colors. Full, original margins (per "kento" marks right and lower right). (Minor marks; light wear; light toning.) |
| Reference/Illus | "Kunichika--Time Present and Time Past, Images of a Forgotten Master"--similar to pl# 20, p60. |
| Comments | Charming "bijin-ga" image, with tiny child carried high upon mother's back, sheltered from the falling rain by her scarf. |
| Item # | MF-03 |
| Price | $425 (OR best offer by 8/05/03) |