Kachio-dera in Settsu Province, No. 23 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei njûsanban Settsu Kachio-dera), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

「観音霊験記　西国巡礼　二十三番　摂津国（せっつのくに）　勝尾寺（かちをでら）」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
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; 35.7 x 23.7 cm (14 1/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1172

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), #29-23

DescriptionThe Story of the Queen Consort of Paekche (Hyakusai kokuô no kisaki).

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: Hori Take
改印: (裁断不明)
彫師: 横川彫竹

Inscriptions第二十三番　摂津国勝尾寺

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つみにはのりのかちおでら
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本尊　十一面観音
開基　開成皇子

百済国王后

百済国王の后は世に聞こえたる美人にて／国王殊に愛し玉日しが／何なるゆへにやいまが盛りの齢にて白髪となり／種々と良薬を用ゆれども更に験なかりしが／或夜／日本国摂州勝尾寺の観世音は霊験あらたなるよしを夢に見玉ひて／覚めるがいなや日本の方角を聞て／一心に祈誓し玉へば／其夜のうちに雪のごとき頂／瑠璃の如き艶となれば／国王はじめ百官もよろこびて／その報恩とて。閼伽器。金鼓。金鐘の三種を／周文徳／揚仁紹／といへる両人の商人に渡して日本へ送りければ／其品当山に納まりて／今猶什物となりてある事／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)