Ishiyama-dera in Ômi Province, No.13 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei jûsanban Kôshû Ishiyama-dera): The Story of Rôben Sôjô, from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

「観音霊験記　西国巡礼　十三番　江刕　石山寺　（いしやまでら）」

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

1858 (Ansei 5), 12th 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 Number00.1142

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné C's Ukiyo-e Museum, http://homepage2.nifty.com/ukiyo-e/index.html

DescriptionThe story of Bishop Rôben (Rôben Sôjô).
良辨僧正

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

Marks Censor's seal: Horse 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：午十二
彫師：彫竹

Inscriptions第十三番　江州石山寺

のちの世を
願ふこころはかろくとも
佛のちかひおもき石山

本尊　如意輪観音
開基　良辨僧正

良辨僧正

聖武天皇の勅命をもって／良辨金峯山の黄金を掘らんことを蔵王権現に持念しければ／蔵王霊夢に告げ玉ふには／「此山の黄金は弥勒出世の用弁なれば　恣に取ことをゆるされず　外に教ゆる所あり　江州勢多郡に一つの山あり　是は如意輪観音の霊地なれば　ここにおもむきて祈念すべし」と／良辨教への如く勢田に趣し所／石上に翁ありて釣りを垂るに向ひて／「何人なるや」と聞けば／「我は此の山の主比良の神なり　如何にも茲は観音の地なり」と教て失ぬ／良辨喜悦て／其辺に庵を結びて如意輪の尊像を造しに／程なく奥州より黄金を貢しは是ふしぎの霊験なり／この時大伴の家持祝してよめり／「すべらぎの御代栄んと東なる陸奥山に金花咲」

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)