Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 62100

Crab Temple - Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe

Artist / 作者
Toyohara Chikanobu楊洲周延
Date / 年代
1886
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital record / 画像記録
617 × 900 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

"Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe" (Edo Embroidery Pictures, Comparison of the Day and the Night). Kaniman-ji (Crab Temple). The father of a religious girl saw a snake swallowing a frog. He told the snake that if it let the frog go, it could marry his daughter. The snake released the frog and disappeared. One night, the snake emerged as a man to claim the girl. She was terrified. She recited her Kannon-scroll. Hundreds of crabs (she had rescued a crab before) appeared from nowhere and killed the snake. Later, the villagers built a temple to honor the crabs..

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