Title : Big Wave, Divine Wind

Artist : Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Date : Ca. 1880.

Details : Tsukioka Yoshitoshi: Big Wave, Divine Wind - Artelino

Source : artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description : In the reign of shogun Hojo Tokimune in Kamakura period, the armed force of Yuan dynasty in China tried to invade Japan. Their armada approached Japanese coast. All of a sudden, a typhoon came and destroyed the war ships. The Japanese people believed the typhoon was caused by the super natural power of Hojo Tokimune.

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