Yoshimine-dera in Yamashiro Province, No. 20 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijûban Yamashiro Yoshimine-dera), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

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Yoshimine-dera in Yamashiro Province, No. 20 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijûban Yamashiro Yoshimine-dera), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

「観音霊験記　西国巡礼　二十番　山城　（やましろ）　善峯寺　（よしみねでら）」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)

Japanese

Edo period

1859 (Ansei 6)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 23.3 cm (14 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1168

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), #29-20

DescriptionThe story of Saint Gensan, Founder of the Temple (Kaisan Gensan Shônin).
開山源算上人

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)
No blockcutter's mark

Inscriptions第二十番　山城善峯寺

野をもすぎ
山路にむかふ雨のそら
よしみねよりもはるる夕立

本尊　千手観音
開基　源算上人

開山源算上人

上人は因州の人にて／懐胎のうち母を苦しめければ／不祥の子なりとて山中に捨てさしむ／しかれども鳥獣もこれを害せず／三日乳を呑まざれども死せず／村人拾ひあげて養育しに／十五才の時叡山に登りて剃髪せしが／母の死を聞て当山に来り／その練行／言語に尽がたく／聊名利を好まず／唯観音を信ずるのみなれば／此山の主阿知坂神／雇夫と現し／又数万の猪鹿来って岩窟を砕き／凸凹を平地とせし奇異のありさま／天子へ聞へければ／遂に佛閣を御建立ありけり／上人山にすむこと七十四年／承徳三年三月定印を結びて百十七才にて寂すれども／更に其容体変ぜざれば諸人いよいよ尊び拝せり／體の腐せざる者は越後の弘智法印のごとくにして／めでたき聖なるを疑ふべからず

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)