Title

Nichiren Calming the Storm, c1830s. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861).

Caption

Nichiren Calming the Storm, c. 1830s (colour woodblock print). Nichiren (1222-1282) was a Buddhist saint whose life was studded with miracles; this image depicts one such miracle, threatened by a storm concocted by an evil spirit whilst on the way to exile in Sado, Nichiren calmed the raging water with an invocation - a spell, saving himself and his crew; this is described in the sutra of the lotus of the Wonderful Law.
Historica Graphica Collection

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D88_039

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46,6Mb (3,4Mb) / 16,7in x 10,9in / 4995 x 3263 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather storm travel transport transportation ocean sea water waves group boat religion Buddhism art seascape monk Japan maritime adversity trouble typhoon demon miracle oban 19th century Japanese art miraculous group of men Edo Edo period exile Ukiyo-e Historica Graphica Collection Utagawa School TOKUGAWA WOODBLOCK Kuniyoshi Utagawa colour woodblock print Illustration japanese wood block print c19th Tokugawa period wood block print nichiren Nicherin Calming the Storm Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861)