Kannon-ji in Ômi Province, No. 32 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route Saikoku junrei sanjûniban Kanonji Ômi), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)

Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

1859 (Ansei 6)

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

DimensionsVertical ôban; 35.7 x 23.7 cm (14 1/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession number00.1964

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Inscriptions第三十二番　近江観音寺あなたうとみちびき玉へかんおんじとほき国よりはこぶあゆみを本尊　千手千眼観音開基　聖徳太子人魚聖徳太子／此石寺村を日暮に通り玉へば／蘆原のうちより面は人にて下は魚なるもの出て／「我前生に殺生を好みし業によってかかる身となれり／何卒尊聖哀をたれ玉ひて当所に千手の大悲を安置し／伽藍を建玉へ／しかあらば忽苦道をまぬがれて天上に生せん」といへば／太子則堂をたて千手の大士の像を刻して彼が菩提を七日吊ひ玉ひしに／其満ずる日／天人あまくだりて太子にまみへ／「我生天中受勝妙楽」と唱へて／「われ聖君の慈力をもってはやとう利天に生ぜしかば拝謝奉る」と述て／飛び去れりとなりProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 1, 1900)