Mount Hokke in Harima Province, No. 26 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijûrokuban Harima Hokkezan), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

「観音霊験記　西国巡礼　二十六番　播磨　（はりま）　法華山　（ほっけざん）」

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; 35.8 x 23.6 cm (14 1/8 x 9 5/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1138

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), #29-26; Baskett, Footprints of the Buddha (1980), #63

DescriptionThe story of Hôdô Sennin, also known as Kûhachi.
法道仙人　一名空鉢

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)
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印: (裁断不明)
彫師: 彫竹

Inscriptions第二十六番　播州法華山

春は花
夏はたちばな秋は菊
いつも絶せぬ法の花山

本尊　聖観音
開基　法道仙人

法道仙人　一名空鉢

当山千手の大悲は／法道／天竺より持来りたる尊像にて／霊験ことにあらたなり／法道常に観音の宝鉢を飛して人の供養をうく／大化元年八月／藤井某／禁中の御米を積みて播磨灘を走る／此時法道の鉢飛び来りて供米を乞う／藤井がいふ／「是は禁中の米にて私に施しがたし　強て乞ば法道は妖人にて　天下の邪敵なり」と直をいへば／彼鉢空しく山に皈るにしたがひて／千石の米俵／雁金の渡るがごとくにみな山に飛行しゆへ／藤井驚きて山に登りわびごとしければ／又残らず船に米は戻り／ただ一俵南の河上におつる／ここを今米堕村といふ／孝徳帝ことに空鉢の法術を感じ玉ひて伽藍の大施主となり玉ひてより／いよいよ堅固の道場となれり

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)