Untitled series of views of Ôyama

Publisher: Wakasa-ya Yoichi

c. 1840

The Afuri (Shintô) Shrine is located at Ôyama in Segami Province. Pilgrims descend on the shrine every summer and bathe in the water of the Rôben Waterfall as part of the purification ritual. This series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 10 by 14 inches (25 by 36 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

The Tamura Ferry Carrying Pilgrims to Ôyama in Segami Province (Sôshû Ôyama-do Tamurawatashi no zu, 相洲大山道田村渡の景)

This state of the above design bears the seal of the publisher Iba-ya Sensaburô next to Kuniyoshi’s signature, in the right lower corner.

View of the Rôben Waterfall at Mount Ôyama

(Ôyama Rôben taki no kei)

Great Falls of Sekison at Ôyama

(Ôyama sekison ôtaki no zu, 大山石尊大瀧之圖)

Another state of the above design with the mountains printed in black and grey and with a black publisher’s seal in the right lower corner

Although not part of the above series, these two triptychs of Kuniyoshi’s also portray pilgrims bathing at the Rôben Waterfall in Ôyama

Title: Pilgrims at Rôben Waterfall at Ôyama (Ôyama Roben taki)

Description: Pilgrims bathing in pool beneath Rôben Waterfall at Mount Oyama

Date: 1849

Publisher: No seal

Title: Pilgrims at the Rôben Waterfall of the Stone Image in Ôyama (Ôyama Sekison Rôben-taki no zu, 大山石尊良辧瀧之図)

Publisher: Azuma-ya Daisuke

Date: c. 1818-1819

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

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