Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 46461

Casting an Invocation on the Waves at Kakuda in Sado Province

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
Date / 年代: 1835-1836
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / honolulu
Digital record / 画像記録: 481 × 308 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Honolulu Museum of Art
Published by / 公開者: 星野アカリ
Rights / 権利: No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記: Honolulu Museum of Art

Catalog note / 解説

While Nichiren was on his way to be exiled on the island of Sado, he stopped a terrible storm by casting a spell on the waves in the form of an invocation to the Buddha. This invocation reads: “Namu myöhö renge kyö ” (Hail to the jewel in the lotus). The Michener Collection contains all ten prints in the series, which has been considered by some critics as Kuniyoshi's masterpiece. (from Pathway exhibition 1/29/08-)

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