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Namazu-e (鯰絵) Mochimaru choja (持丸長者, Millionaires)

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Japanese colour woodblock print showing men and coins under a paper lantern

Namazu-e (鯰絵) Mochimaru choja (持丸長者, Millionaires)

Date: 1855
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.11.21
DescriptionA print published shortly after the Ansei earthquake (安政の大地震) of 2 October 1855.

Some understood earthquakes as equalising wealth imbalances.