Japanese Print "Big Wave, Divine Wind" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Artist:Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title:Big Wave, Divine Wind
Date:Ca. 1880.
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Description:
In the reign of shogun Hojo Tokimune in Kamakura period, the armed force of Yuan dynasty in China tried to invade Japan. Their armada approached Japanese coast. All of a sudden, a typhoon came and destroyed the war ships. The Japanese people believed the typhoon was caused by the super natural power of Hojo Tokimune.