Mongaku Shonin doing penance under the waterfall, above him, the two acolytes of Fudo-Myo - Kongara and Seitaka, from the series Kuniyoshi’s Analogies for the Six Conditions of Nature (Rokuyosei Kuniyoshi jiman)
Woodblock print, signed Chooro Kuniyoshi ga, published by Uoya Heikichi, 10th month 1860
Vertical oban (37.7 x 26.2 cm.)

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Here the 12th century figure Endo Morito (later known as the priest Mongaku Shonin) is shown doing penance for thirty-seven days under the freezing Nachi waterfall for accidentally killing his lover Kesa Gozen. He is assisted by two of Fudo Myo's attendants Seitaka and Kongara in the top right of the design.

For the same print in the collection of The British Museum, museum number 2008,3037.14204, go to:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research.aspx
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