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NIPPONIA No.33 June 15, 2005
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Japanese Animals and Culture

CATFISH
Namazu-e woodblock print sold after an earthquake rocked Edo (present-day Tokyo) in 1855. The god Kashima Daimyojin holds a sacred kaname-ishi stone on a catfish to keep it from moving and causing an earthquake. Property of the University of Tokyo Earthquake Research Institute.
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