Catalog record · 目録番号 26372
Blossoms on the Tama River Embankment
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…
Image record / 画像情報
LOC · 1856. · loc
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