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Description: A ningyo (mermaid), aka kairai ("sea lightning") claimed to be caught in "Yomo-no-ura, Hōjō-ga-fuchi, Etchū Province" according to this flier.[1] The correct reading however is "Yokata-ura"[2] in what is now Toyama Bay. Caption title given by Waseda University Theatre Museum which owns a copy.[1] A kawaraban type wood-block printed bulletin. Work is discussed by Hayward,[3] and by Castiglioni;[4] witnessing it brings a person "long and happy life".[5]
Title: Ningyo-no-zu-Bunka02-05
Credit: にくきゅう (2017-05-12). 八百比丘尼の坐像を異例の一般公開－福井県. Retrieved on 2019-08-22.
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