MAKE A MEME View Large Image Gotô Kenjô - Kozuka with Kadori Myôjin and the Earthquake-fish - Walters 51736.jpg The earthquake-fish namazu is a large catfish with a body that resembles an eel It was thought to live underneath the Japanese islands and cause ...
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Keywords: Gotô Kenjô - Kozuka with Kadori Myôjin and the Earthquake-fish - Walters 51736.jpg The earthquake-fish namazu is a large catfish with a body that resembles an eel It was thought to live underneath the Japanese islands and cause earthquakes by its movements The god Kadori Myôjin was thought to rub it with a gourd to help keep it quiet The kozuka shows two figures with gourds attending to the earthquake-fish between 1586 1683 Muromachi-Edo shakudo details of gold silver and copper cm 9 5 l accession number 51 736 32410 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters signature place of origin Kyoto Japan Walters Art Museum license Kozuka in the Walters Art Museum Gotô Kenjô Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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