Catalog record · 目録番号 38160

Fudo and Mongaku

Artist / 作者: Toyohara Kunichika豊原国周
Date / 年代: 1880-1899
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 807 × 600 px
Published by / 公開者: 小春ユイ

Catalog note / 解説

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro are in the dual roles of priest Mongaku (left) and Fudo-myo-o. Sukedakaya Takasuke plays the assistant of Fudo on the right. Priest Mongaku was performing 37 day penance under the ice-cold Nachi waterfall. When he almost died, Fudo Myo-o (One of the Five Kings of Wisdom in Esoteric Buddhism) appeared and rescued Mongaku.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · Ca. 1880-90s. · artelino

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