Kokawa-dera in Kii Province, No. 3 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei daisanban Kokawadera), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

「観音霊験記　西国巡礼　第三番　粉河寺（こかわでら）」

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 23.5 cm (14 1/16 x 9 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1163

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), #29-3

DescriptionThe story of Shibukawa Sadayû.

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：彫竹

Inscriptions第三番　粉河寺

父ははの
めぐみも深き粉河寺
佛の誓ひたのもしきかな

本尊　千手千眼観音
開基　大伴孔子古

渋川左太夫

左太夫は河内の者にて／獨の子大病にうちふし／医薬百計に手を尽すせども験なく／父母悲しみにたへかねて／大悲の施無畏を一心に信じければ／不図十四五の童来りて／子の病ひ尋ねけるゆゑ／加持を頼みければ／童とりあへず千手陀羅尼を読おしえけると／俄に苦痛を免れしゆゑ／父歓びて童に財宝を布施しけれども／更に受ず／唯病人の箸紙を取って／「予は紀州粉河寺の者」といひて去れり／其後本復しければ／父子を連れて其所をさまざま尋ねけれども知れず／人もなき草庵に休らひて終夜案じけるところ／不思議と仏間に光明輝きしに驚き／近寄て見れば／千手の御手に子の箸筒かかり居たれば／さては以前の童は此御仏に在せしかと深く尊びて／参詣すること四方にひろまり／終に伊都の郡の女大信者となりて／住宅を御寺とせしより／霊験称あらたなり

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)