Two Finely Illustrated Handscrolls On Paper Depicting The Great Zenkoji Temple Earthquake Of 8

by Zenkoji Daijishin Zumaki Tremendous Earthquake Zenkoji Temple Illustrated

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Fine paintings in black & white and color washes. Scrolls 230 x 8640; 230 x 7530 mm. , silk outer endpapers at front of each scroll, wooden rollers. Japan: after 1847 . The great Zenkōji Temple earthquake, which occurred in the evening of 8 May 1847, had tragic consequences. That very evening, the temple, in the center of the city of Nagano, drew large numbers of pilgrims celebrating the Gokaichō 御開帳 festival. The enormous earthquake

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