High Priest Yūten

Title	High Priest Yūten Yūten daisōjō 祐天大僧正
Date	1877?
Publisher	Kodama Matashichi 児玉又七
City	Tokyo

Signature

Yoshitoshi芳年

Artist seal

Taiso 大蘇

Inscription

(in cartouche)

祐天和尚の陸奥岩城郡岩城村百姓妻長右エ門といふ者の一子なり幼名を三之助と称す十一才の時より舘林團通和尚り従弟となれとも生ひつ愚昧にして一経も覚得ず自ら悔て下奥の国成田山不動明王へ祈誓をかしケ[?]夢中に利剱を呑て悪血を吐後博学となり昔／\世上の怨灵を成佛させ遂に三縁山増上寺三十六世見誉祐天大僧正と称す

(in left margin)

Meiji [blank] nen [blank] gatsu [blank] hi otodoke 明治　年　月　日

Submitted Meiji year [blank], month [blank], day [blank]

gakō Nezu Miyanaga-chō 315 banchi Tsukioka Yonejirō 画工　根津宮永丁三十五番チ　月岡米次郎

Illustrator: (Yoshitoshi’s address) – Tsukioka Yonejirō*

*Yonejirō is Yoshitoshi’s birth name

Width	23,4 cm
Height	17,5 cm

Object number	SH2018-DM-100
Credit Line	Collection Japan Museum SieboldHuis, gift of Muck and Mieke Douma, 2018

High Priest Yūten

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