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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)

(Japanese, 1786–1864)
(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
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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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