Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 37780

Kato Kiyomasa in Earthquake - Kabuki

Artist / 作者
Toyohara Kunichika豊原国周
Date / 年代
1896
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital record / 画像記録
956 × 1400 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Artelino
Published by / 公開者
紫藤メイ
Rights / 権利
All rights reserved / commercial reuse prohibited
Attribution / 表記
Artelino

Catalog note / 解説

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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