Upper Daigo-ji in Yamashiro Province, No. 11 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei jûichiban Yamashiro Kami no Daigo-ji), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

「観音霊験記　西国巡礼　十一番　山城（やましろ）　上醍醐寺（かみのだいごじ）」

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), 3rd 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 Number00.1141

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), #29-11; Baskett, Footprints of the Buddha (1980), #60

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1141, 17.3208

The story of Shôhô Sôjô.
聖寳僧正

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

Marks Censor's seal: (Goat 3 aratame; cut off of this impression)
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：（未参改）
彫師：彫竹

Inscriptions第十一番　山城上醍醐寺

逆縁も
もらさですくふねがひなれば
順礼堂はたのもしきかな

本尊　準胝観音
開基　理源大師

聖寳僧正

当山開基聖寳僧正は／中興諸山の路をひらき／川々に橋をわたし／又舟をうかべて往来の助けとすること数多し／むかし役小角／熊野より大峯に入り吉野に出る山伏の峯入りをはじめしが／其後大蛇出て人を悩すがゆゑ／峯入すること叶はざりしに／聖寳鉞を以てかの大蛇を退治して／大峯より熊野へ出ける／これを逆の峯入りといふ／然るに聖寳毒蛇に触て悪瘡を生じ／苦痛たへがたければ／準胝陀羅尼を信じければ／大悲の悪夢に／「宇治郡笠取山に霊水あり　是は三世の諸佛影向ありて醍醐経を加持すれば　急ぎゆきて浴せよ」と告げ玉へば／聖寳よろこびて教えのごとくゆあみせしに／立処に悪瘡愈たり／これによって此処に御寺を建立せり／醍醐といふはその霊水をかたどりたる号と知るべし

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)