ROM’s newest online exhibition, produced in partnership with The Japan Foundation, Toronto, takes a closer look at an exceptional collected album of earthquake prints – namazu-e (catfish prints) - in the Museum’s permanent collections. Quickly produced and widely distributed after the 1855 Ansei Great Earthquake struck and heavily damaged the city of Edo (modern day Tokyo), catfish prints used humour and satire to help people make sense of and move on from the disaster.

ROM’s Akiko Takesue, curator of Aftershocks: Japanese Earthquake Prints, explores the unique historic and cultural context of these remarkable prints. (In Japanese with English caption)

This program is co-presented by ROM and The Japan Foundation, Toronto for the online exhibition Aftershocks: Japanese Earthquake Prints.