namazu-e catfish-25 - from our story 'Farting Drums, Sex Gods And The Namazu Catfish Quakes Censored In Edo Japan'

namazu-e Japanese catfish disaster prints

This print is a reference to the old Japanese saying, "The most frightening things are earthquakes, thunder, fires, and fathers." Here, a namazu plays janken (paper-rock-scissors) with the gods of thunder and fire while an elderly man (father) looks on.

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