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March 16th, 2011
Many Japanese artists drew Namazu-e(鯰絵) to encourage earthquake sufferers on Twitter.
What is Namazu-e? Namazu-e is a motif drawn in ukiyoe (Wikipedia) during Edo period (Wikipedia). “Namazu” means a catfish in Japanese. In old days, Japanese believed that the earthquake occurs because of a catfish behaves violently in underground. In 1855, earthquake of magnitude 6.9 attacked Kanto region(known as Ansei big earthquake – Wikipedia).
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Asiajin » Japanese Artists Draw Catfish To Encourage The Earthquake Sufferers
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March 16th, 2011
Many Japanese artists drew Namazu-e(鯰絵) to encourage earthquake sufferers on Twitter.
What is Namazu-e? Namazu-e is a motif drawn in ukiyoe (Wikipedia) during Edo period (Wikipedia). “Namazu” means a catfish in Japanese. In old days, Japanese believed that the earthquake occurs because of a catfish behaves violently in underground. In 1855, earthquake of magnitude 6.9 attacked Kanto region(known as Ansei big earthquake – Wikipedia).
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