Shin Kiyomizu-dera in Harima Province, No. 25 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijûgoban Banshû Shin Kiyomizu-dera), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

「観音霊験記　西国巡礼　二十五番　播州　（ばんしゅう）　新清水寺　（しんきよみずでら）」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1859 (Ansei 6), 5th month

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 Number00.1133

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), #29-25

DescriptionThe story of Akamatsu Ujinori.

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

Marks Censor's seal: (Goat 5 aratame; almost cut off of this impression)
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：未五改
彫師：彫竹

Inscriptions第二十五番　播州新清水寺

あはれみや
あまねきかどにしなじなの
何をがな見にここにきよ水

本尊　十一面千手観音
開基　法道仙人

赤松氏範

当山は法道仙人の開基にして堅固の霊場なり／金堂は推古帝／講堂は聖武帝／薬師堂は池二位殿／大塔は祇園女御／阿弥陀堂は頼朝公の御建立にて／則ち金輪聖王天下安全の御祈願所なれば／昼夜の勤行怠ることなく／又霊験もあらたかなり／赤松氏範／前関白師基と吉野にて打負／身に数ケ所の疵をうけて当国に皈り／義詮に降りしが／其後清水に戦いて終に自殺す／歳五十七／家臣伊藤民部／今村五郎／乙若丸を助けて薩州へ走る時／ふかく此尊像を祈りて敵の危難をまめがれたるとなる

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)