Namazu-e (鯰絵) Mochimaru choja (持丸長者, Millionaires)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
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.
Some understood earthquakes as equalising wealth imbalances.