Mii-dera in Kii Province, No. 2 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei niban Ki Mii-dera), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

「観音霊験記　西国巡礼　二番　紀　（き）　三井寺　（みいでら）」

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)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.6 x 23.5 cm (14 x 9 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1144

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), #29-2

DescriptionThe story of Saint Ikô, the Chinese Priest (Tôsô Ikô Shônin).

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: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印: (裁断不明)
彫師: 横川彫竹

Inscriptions第二番　紀三井寺

ふるさとを
はるばるここへきみい寺
花の都もちかくなるらん

本尊　十一面観音
開基　威光上人

唐僧　威光上人

紀三井寺は三派の霊水あるがゆへ名とせり／上人大般若経を書写したまふかたわらへ／忽然と美女来りたるに驚きて／「何方のもの」と尋ければ／清浄水の滝のうちにかくれしが／そののち三年へて／かの美女又来たりて／法螺貝／如意香炉／加葉の錫杖／横道木桜等献じて／「我は龍女なり　上人の法徳を永代信仰せん」と去りけるゆへ／その品々当寺の宝物となって／いまもそんせり／それのみならず／其時よりして毎年七月七日には／龍燈を献ずること／ふしぎの霊験なり

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)