Kaname-ishi

Painting of people praying at the rock for protection from earthquakes.

The kaname-ishi (Japanese: 要石; "foundation stone") of Kashima Shrine is a mythological rock said to press down on and immobilize Namazu, a massive catfish beneath Japan said to cause earthquakes.[1]

Citations

  1. ↑ Smits (2009), pp. 11.

References

  • Smits, Gregory (2009). "Warding off Calamity in Japan: A Comparison of the 1855 Catfish Prints and the 1862 Measles Prints" (PDF). East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine. 30: 9–31. doi:10.1163/26669323-03001003.


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