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UTAGAWA KUNISADA I AND UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II: THE STORY OF THE FARM GIRL OF KAIDA VILLAGE IN YAMASHIRO
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2024年01月17日 开拍 / 2024年01月15日 截止委托
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UTAGAWA KUNISADA I AND UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II: THE STORY OF THE FARM GIRL OF KAIDA VILLAGE IN YAMASHIRO

By Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786-1864) and Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (1826-1869)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (below), and Hiroshige ga (above)
Japan, dated 1859

Color woodblock print on paper. Vertical oban. Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (below), and Hiroshige ga (above); publisher Yamadaya Shojiro. Titled Mimuroto-ji in Yamashiro Province (The story of the Farm Girl of Kaida Village in Yamashiro), number 10 in the series Kannon reigen-ki (The Miracles of Kannon).

Located in Uji, Mimurodoji is the tenth stop on the Saikoku Kannon pilgrimage route and is pictorialized in the upper half of this woodblock print by Hiroshige II. Below, designed by Kunisada, is a depiction of a legend about the power of the Kannon image from Mimurodoji temple. The scene shows the girl concentrating on reading the sutra. Her incense burner has toppled onto the floor as the snake, who looks like a kabuki actor, rushes into her room, only to be attacked by the crabs.

SIZE of the sheet 36.3 x 25.2 cm

Condition: Good condition with minor wear and slight browning of paper. The detailed impression with slightly faded colors, mounting holes to the corners, minor tears along the edges, and very minor losses. Mounted on Japan paper and secured on a passepartout with tape.
Provenance: From an English private collection.

According to the text in the print, a farm girl from Kawada village was very devout in her practice of chanting the Lotus sutra and because she fervently believed in the Mimurodoji Thousand-armed Kannon she never killed a living thing. One day she came across a village man who was about to kill a crab, but she convinced him to let it go. Later when the girl's father was plowing his field, he came across a snake trying to swallow a frog. He tried to convince the snake to release it by saying in jest, “If you let the frog go, I will give you, my daughter.” The snake then spit out the frog and disappeared into a field. That night the snake, who had transformed into a man, said, “As promised, I have returned.” In shock, the father asked him to come back in two or three days. During that time his daughter sealed herself within her room and chanted the Lotus sutra with a deep faith in the Mimurodoji Kannon. When the snake returned and smashed the door down with his tail, a swarm of crabs suddenly appeared and sliced him to pieces with their claws. While the story demonstrates that prayers directed to the powerful Mimurodoji Kannon can save one from peril, it is also a moral tale about repaying kindness. If a mere crustacean can repay a merciful act, then humans certainly should be able to do the same.

In 1858, shortly after Hiroshige's death, Hiroshige II collaborated with Kunisada on this series—Kannon reigen-ki. The complete set comprises thirty-three prints and the table of contents.

Museum comparison:
A closely related print, part of an album, is in the British Museum, museum number 1969,1030,0.1.

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