Mimuroto-ji in Yamashiro Province, No. 10 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei jûban Yamashiro Samurotoji), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

「観音霊験記　西国巡礼　十番　山城（やましろ）　三室戸寺（みむろとじ）」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1858 (Ansei 5), 12th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 23.5 cm (14 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1173

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné C's Ukiyo-e Museum, http://homepage2.nifty.com/ukiyo-e/index.html; Marks, Japanese Woodblock Prints (2010), p. 301; Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #29-10; Baskett, Footprints of the Buddha (1980), #59

DescriptionThe story of the Farm Girl of Kaida Village in Yamashiro (Yamashiro Kaida-mura nôjo).
山州綺田村　農女

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (below); Hiroshige (above)
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: (Horse 12; cut off of this impression)
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：（午十二）
彫師：彫竹

Inscriptions第十番　山城三室戸寺

夜もすがら
月をみむろとわけゆけば
宇治の川瀬にたつはしら波

本尊　千手観音
開基　行表法師

山州綺田村　農女

昔綺田村の農夫／常に佛道を信じ／一人の娘を持てり／此娘幼きより普門品を誦して／三室戸寺の観音を信じけるゆゑ／更に殺生をせず／一日村人蟹を取りて殺さんとするを見／家の乾魚ととり換て其蟹を放つ／其父耕作に出て蛇の蟇を呑むを見つけ／是を放ちやらんとすれども免さず／戯れに「その蟇を放たてば我娘を与えん」といへば／呑かけし蟇を免して藪のうちに去りしが／其夜人に化して「約束の為来りし」といふ／父は驚きて／「取りあえず二三日経て来れ」と答へれば／その夜は去りしが又三日を経て来る／其時娘は一間を閉じて一信に観音経を誦／日頃信ずる三室戸寺を念じけるに／かの蛇の変化尾をもって室の戸を破り入り／既に危き時しも／忽然と数多の蟹現われて／その蛇をはさみ斬て去る／是に因て其地を寺とせり／即ち蟹満寺これなり

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)