Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 90599

Daruma Carrying A Young Girl

Artist / 作者: Okumura Masanobu奥村政信
Date / 年代: 1743-1749
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / honolulu
Digital record / 画像記録: 216 × 450 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Honolulu Museum of Art
Published by / 公開者: 小春ユイ
Rights / 権利: No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記: Honolulu Museum of Art

Catalog note / 解説

Bodhidharma (Daruma) was the sixth-century founder and first patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China. However, the poem in this print alludes to the story of Ömori Hikoshichi (date unknown), a retainer of Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358) who offered to carry a beautiful young girl across a stream. As they were crossing, she transformed into a demon. By placing a girl on Daruma's back, Masunobu appears to humorously link the aforementioned story to the famous legend of Bodhidharma crossing the Yangzi River in China, riding on the back of a reed. The usual character hai (""I humbly present"") after Masanobu's signature on the lower right side, the heavy quality paper, and the extremely literary…

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