In Japanese mythology, the Namazu (鯰) or Ōnamazu (大鯰) is a giant underground catfish who causes earthquakes. The creature lives under the islands of Japan...

Kashima shrines). In the namazu-e or catfish prints of the Edo period, Takemikazuchi/Kashima is depicted attempting to subdue the Namazu, a giant catfish supposedly...

Takemikazuchi lets his guard fall, Namazu thrashes about and agitates the stone, causing violent earthquakes In the namazu-e or catfish prints of the Edo...

background to the right. The man is apparently attempting to catch a catfish (namazu) that is swimming past. The work was inspired by a riddle set by Ashikaga...

catfish called Namazu. There are other kami associated with earthquakes. In Kyoto it's usually an eel, but after the 1855 Edo earthquake Namazu-e (鯰絵, "catfish...

upon people as revenge. In Japanese mythology, Namazu (鯰) is a giant catfish who causes earthquakes. Namazu lives in the mud beneath the earth and is guarded...

A young Kintarō battling Namazu, in a print by Yoshitoshi...

and a dog (the monkey god and the dog god are the two gods who control Namazu in Japanese folklore). Chữ Hán can be found throughout the bridge and temple...

the correct term would be jishin uo (地震魚, lit. 'earthquake fish'); cf. Namazu-e or 'catfish pictures'. Japanese folklorist Taryō Ōbayashi [ja] has explained...

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