Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 26372
Blossoms on the Tama River Embankment
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
- Date / 年代
- 1856
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / loc
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 697 × 1024 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Library of Congress
- Published by / 公開者
- 黒川トウマ
- Rights / 権利
- No known restrictions on publication
- Attribution / 表記
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Catalog note / 解説
In Japan, it was traditionally thought that natural disasters (such as the Ansei earthquake) could be a sign of the coming of a new age, based on ancient Buddhist apocalyptic beliefs. By the mid-nineteenth century, Japan's Confucian-based society and economy could no longer maintain political and economic stability. The Tokugawa shogunate's power was diminishing. In 1853, the American Commodore Matthew Perry (1794-1858) arrived at the port of Uraga, forcing Japan to open itself to commercial trading with foreign countries for the first time in centuries. This event was a severe blow to the government, followed only two years later by the earthquake, crippling the Tokugawa shogunate's abilit…
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