Series: Shotoku Taishi go-ichidaiki 聖徳太子御一代記 (Biography of Prince Shotoku), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, circa 1840

Woodblock print, oban yoko-e. People admiring the miraculous gourd that appeared at prince shotoku's birth, with a guardian snake and a horse. Date: circa 1840. Dimensions: Height: 26 centimetres Width: 38.10 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Series- Shotoku Taishi go-ichidaiki 聖徳太子御一代記 (Biography of Prince Shotoku) (BM 2008,3037.00401)