![Casting a Mantra on the Waves at Kakuta on His Exile to Sado Island (Sashu rukei Kakuta nami daimoku), from the series "Concise Illustrated Biography of the Great Priest [Nichiren] (Koso go ichidai ryakuzu)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi — Japanese Color woodblock print; oban, c. 1830/35](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/7861e903-25d0-c779-7382-7055de763691/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
In 1271, Nichiren was exiled to Sado Island, embarking on a sea crossing that his followers saw as a trial of faith. This oban from the Nichiren biography series (c. 1830-35) depicts the priest chanting the Lotus Sutra's title as mantra over the rough ocean waves from the Kakuta shore, the words cast onto the water as an act of devotional assertion. Kuniyoshi's dramatic sea compositions bring the same turbulent energy to devotional narrative as he applied to maritime battle scenes.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Casting a Mantra on the Waves at Kakuta on His Exile to Sado Island (Sashu rukei Kakuta nami daimoku), from the series "Concise Illustrated Biography of the Great Priest [Nichiren] (Koso go ichidai ryakuzu)" was created by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) in c. 1830/35.
Yes — Casting a Mantra on the Waves at Kakuta on His Exile to Sado Island (Sashu rukei Kakuta nami daimoku), from the series "Concise Illustrated Biography of the Great Priest [Nichiren] (Koso go ichidai ryakuzu)" is part of the Concise Illustrated Biography of the Great Priest [Nichiren] (Koso go ichidai ryakuzu) series by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.
Casting a Mantra on the Waves at Kakuta on His Exile to Sado Island (Sashu rukei Kakuta nami daimoku), from the series "Concise Illustrated Biography of the Great Priest [Nichiren] (Koso go ichidai ryakuzu)" depicts landscapes, figures, and seascapes.