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; 34.8 x 24.3 cm (13 11/16 x 9 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.42644

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 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.