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Nan'endô in Nara, Yamato Province, No. 9 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei kyûban Washû Nara Nanendô), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)
Nan'endô in Nara, Yamato Province, No. 9 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei kyûban Washû Nara Nanendô), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

Nan'endô in Nara, Yamato Province, No. 9 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei kyûban Washû Nara Nanendô), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
1859 (Ansei 6)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 35.8 x 23.6 cm (14 1/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.1965
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptions第九番 和州奈良南圓堂 春の日は 南圓堂にかかやきて 三笠の山に晴る薄雲 本尊 不空羂索観音 開基 藤原冬嗣 閑院左大臣冬嗣 大職冠五代の孫長岡右大臣/藤氏の子孫繁栄を弘法大師に御尋ありければ/真言秘密蔵のうち/不空羂索の像を撰進す/然る処/御堂建ざるうち薨じ玉ひ/其御子冬嗣公/先功をつぎ玉ひて/弘仁四年/其地へ一千躰の小観音の像を地中に納め玉ふ/時に春日大明神/匹夫の中に交わり玉ひて/土石を運び玉ひ/藤氏の繁昌を祝し玉ふ/御神歌に「神陀洛の 南の岸に堂建てて 今ぞ栄えん北の藤波」ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 1, 1900)
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