Catalog record · 目録番号 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 image / 画像: 617 × 900 px
Published by / 公開者: 星野アカリ

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. .

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1886. · artelino

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