Yanodô at Kannon-ji on Mount Yôkô, No. 21 of the Chichibu Pilgrimage Route (Chichibu junrei nijûichiban Yanodô Yôkôzan Kannon-ji), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

「観音霊験記　秩父巡礼　二十一番　矢の堂（やのどう）　要光山（ようこうさん）　観音寺（かんのんじ）」

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1859 (Ansei 6), 5th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.5 cm (14 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1153

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné C's Ukiyo-e Museum, http://homepage2.nifty.com/ukiyo-e/index.html; Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Ukiyoeshitachi no shinbutsu (1999), #14

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1153, 11.42638

The story of the divine arrows of the Hachiman Shrine (Hachimangû no shinteki).
八幡宮の神鏑

Signed Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche (below); Hiroshige ga (above)
国貞画(年玉枠)、広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Goat 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未五改
彫師：なし

Inscriptions秩父順礼第廿一番　矢の堂　要光山観音寺

あづさ弓射る矢の堂に詣できて
　願ひし法にあたる嬉しさ

奉額　蛍火や風には消ぬ貧の灯

八幡宮の神鏑

当所ハ原／八幡宮の社地／にて行基菩／薩来りけ／るとき八幡宮勅して／観音の像を／神木もて作らしむ／茲におゐて／この辺の邪／神悪魔／ども仏地と／なれバ吾々が／住所なしと／大に怒りて／各得物を／携へて／虚空を轟／かし火を降して／暴わたりけれバ八幡／宮武甲山におもむき／玉ひて／荒振神々をうな／がし玉ひて邪神どもを／追しめ給ふ時に八幡／宮の放／ち玉ふ／御矢／一々魔／族をつらぬきて／茲に落たるを／もつて矢の堂／と号け今に／霊験あら／たなること／まゝあり

万亭応賀誌

＊（二代広重画）（二代国貞画）＊安政六年未五月（1859）

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)