Takemikazuchi no Kami, by Yashima Gakutei

An image of Takemikazuchi no Kami. Gakutei, Yashima (Japanese, 1786(?)-1868). Surimono. Colour print from woodblocks, with metallic pigment, circa 1820-circa 1823. Ukiyo-e. Poetry by Bunpukusha Chagemaru. Notes: From the series Katsushika nijushiko (Twenty-four Generals for the Katsushika Group). The number twenty-four was ‘borrowed’ from the canonical set of ‘Twenty-four examples of filial piety.’ Takemikazuchi was a mythological thunder god who was usually represented beside a rock. He was born from a splash of blood on the rock, which had come from the tip of another god’s sword.

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Takemikazuchi no Kami. Gakutei, Yashima (Japanese, 1786(?)-1868). Surimono. Colour print from woodblocks, with metallic pigment, circa 1820-circa 1823. Ukiyo-e. Poetry by Bunpukusha Chagemaru. Notes: From the series Katsushika nijushiko (Twenty-four Generals for the Katsushika Group). The number twenty-four was ‘borrowed’ from the canonical set of ‘Twenty-four examples of filial piety.’ Takemikazuchi was a mythological thunder god who was usually represented beside a rock. He was born from a splash of blood on the rock, which had come from the tip of another god’s sword.

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Accession Number: P.317-1937
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 917 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 943.14kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2017:09:04 09:37:15

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