Anaho-dera in Tanba Province, No. 21 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijûichiban Tanba no kuni Anaho-dera), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

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Anaho-dera in Tanba Province, No. 21 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijûichiban Tanba no kuni Anaho-dera), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

「観音霊験記　西国巡礼　二十一番　丹波国（たんばのくに）　穴穂寺（あなほでら）」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)

Japanese

Edo period

1859 (Ansei 6)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 23.6 cm (14 1/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1126

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné C's Ukiyo-e Museum, http://homepage2.nifty.com/ukiyo-e/index.html; Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Ukiyoeshitachi no shinbutsu (1999), #7

DescriptionThe story of the Dragon Girl (Tatsu-jo).

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

Marks Censor's seal: (cut off of this impression)
No blockcutter's mark

Inscriptions第二十一番　丹波国穴穂寺

かかる世に
うまれあふみのあなうしやと
おもはでたのめ十こゑひと声

本尊　如聖観音
開基　大伴古麿

辰女

亀山の城下なる金谷某の下女辰は／常に此佛をふかく信じて／この御寺までは一里半もあるに／毎月の御縁日には参詣をかかさず／乞食犬猫までにもよく食をあたへ／慈悲ふかき者なりしが／その頃世間一統の疫病にふして／十死一生の苦をせしが／ある夜／主人／家内を見廻るとき／辰女のふしどを伺へば／光明かがやくゆへ／ふしぎなるとて急ぎ辰をおこしければ／辰驚き目を覚して主人にむかひ／「あら有難やただ今夢に　穴穂寺のものなりとて　私が口へ柳の枝もて鉢の水を注ぎ玉へば　苦しみたちどころに愈たり」と語り／その翌日より食づきて／間もなく全快に及びしゆへ／いよいよ信心していのりければ／末安楽の身となりしは誠にありがたき御利益なり

ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)