Japanese Print "Kato Kiyomasa in Earthquake - Kabuki" by Toyohara Kunichika

Artist:Toyohara Kunichika

Title:Kato Kiyomasa in Earthquake - Kabuki

Date:1896.

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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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Kato Kiyomasa (Left: played by Ichikawa Danjuro), the vassal of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Kozoshu (Ichikawa Sumizo). Kiyomasa came to rescue people after the strong earth quake in the play, "Zoho Momoyama Monogatari". The actual earthquake occured in Kobe - Nara area in 1596. The main building and the stone walls of Fushimi castle where Toyotomi Hideyoshi resided collapsed and several hundreds people died.

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