Kannon-ji in Ômi Province, No. 32 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route Saikoku junrei sanjûniban Kanonji Ômi), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

「観音霊験記　西国巡礼　三十二番　近江（おうみ）　觀音寺（くわんおんじ）」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1859 (Ansei 6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 23.7 cm (14 1/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1964

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné C's Ukiyo-e Museum, http://homepage2.nifty.com/ukiyo-e/index.html; Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #29-32; Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Ukiyoeshitachi no shinbutsu (1999), #9; Baskett, Footprints of the Buddha (1980), #65

DescriptionThe story of the mermaid (ningyo).
人魚

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (below); Hiroshige (above)
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: (cut off of this impression)
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印: (裁断不明)
彫師:彫竹

Inscriptions第三十二番　近江観音寺

あなたうと
みちびき玉へかんおんじ
とほき国よりはこぶあゆみを

本尊　千手千眼観音
開基　聖徳太子

人魚

聖徳太子／此石寺村を日暮に通り玉へば／蘆原のうちより面は人にて下は魚なるもの出て／「我前生に殺生を好みし業によってかかる身となれり／何卒尊聖哀をたれ玉ひて当所に千手の大悲を安置し／伽藍を建玉へ／しかあらば忽苦道をまぬがれて天上に生せん」といへば／太子則堂をたて千手の大士の像を刻して彼が菩提を七日吊ひ玉ひしに／其満ずる日／天人あまくだりて太子にまみへ／「我生天中受勝妙楽」と唱へて／「われ聖君の慈力をもってはやとう利天に生ぜしかば拝謝奉る」と述て／飛び去れりとなり

ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 1, 1900)