Kunisada - Mimuroto-ji in Yamashiro Province

Kunisada and Hiroshige II   No. 10 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei jûban Yamashiro Samurotoji), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki). INSCRIPTIONS No. 10 Yamashiro Mimurotoji Temple: If you watch the moon in the middle of the night Shiranami standing at the riverbank of Uji Principal deity Senju Kannon Founder Founder Gyōhohoshi Yamashu Kitamura Peasant womanOld farmer in Kitamura / Always believed in Buddhism / One person I have a daughter./This girl has been reciting Fumon-chan since she was young./Because she believes in the Kannon of Mimurotoji. In exchange for dried fish, the crab is released./The father goes out to cultivate and finds a snake swallowing a toad. I'll give it to you." / He let the swallowed toad escape and left in the bush / Turned into a human that night and said, "I came here because of a promise." If you answer, "Come," / That night is gone, but three days later / At that time, the girl closes the room and recites the Kannon Sut