Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 19932

Frozen Deer - Spiritual Experiences with Kanon

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Kunisada歌川国貞
Date / 年代
1859
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / artelino
Digital record / 画像記録
538 × 800 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Artelino
Published by / 公開者
星野アカリ
Rights / 権利
All rights reserved / commercial reuse prohibited
Attribution / 表記
Artelino

Catalog note / 解説

Kannon Reigen Ki" (The Stories about the Miracles by the Goddess Kannon) The 28th pilgrimage place, Nariai Temple in Tango province. Priest Saien was about to starve to death because he was trapped in his mountain monastery by a severe snow storm. He was still chanting the Buddhist sutra. One morning he found a frozen deer leg on the garden and could keep himself alive until the rescue finally came. (Priests were allowed to eat three kinds of meat).

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