Daien-ji at Mount Ryûga in Kamikagemori, No. 27 of the Chichibu Pilgrimage Route (Chichibu junrei nijûshichiban Kamikagemori Ryûgasan Daien-ji), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

「観音霊験記　秩父巡礼　二十七番　上影森（かみかげもり）　龍河山（りゅうがさん）大淵寺（だいえんじ）」

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), 4th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.3 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1160

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

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

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1160, 11.42644

The story of Priest Hômei.
行脚僧寳明

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

Marks Censor's seal: Goat 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未四改
彫師：なし

Inscriptions秩父順礼第廿七番　上影森龍川山大淵寺

夏山やしげきがもとの露までも
　こゝろへだてぬ月の影森

奉額　茄子の葉もおがむや露の朝ぼらけ

行脚僧寳明

宝明諸国をめぐりて当山に／来りし所難病に／よつて蹇けれバ／余義なく／起に／西方を／念じ飛行の／鳥を見てうら／やみ終に七年の／春秋を送りしが／一日弘法大師勅を／受て諸国を／経歴する／砌り／爰に／来りて宝明が／蹇て当国の／順礼かなハ／ざるを／あハれミて／大士の霊像を／刻して与へ玉ふがゆへ宝明／歓喜踊躍／して是を本尊に安置し／けれバ宝明をもつて／当山の第一祖／とす宝明の／蹇たるハ全く／救世大士の／利益にて弘法に／値偶させしめん／が為なれバ不祥を／もつて吉事を／まねぎし／験奇なる／かな不思議なる／かな又当山に／誓願石といふ／霊石ありその／因縁長けれ／ハ爰に／略す

万亭応賀誌

＊（二代広重画）（二代国貞画）＊安政六年未四月（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)