yajifun:

dainihon bussan zue / The giant octopus of Namekawa Namerikawa in Ecchu province. From the series, ‘Famous Products of Greater Japan’. / Hiroshige III

大日本物産図会 三代目歌川広重 1877年

“越中滑川大章魚之圖 當國冨山滑川の大鮹ハ牛馬を取喰ひ漁舟を覆して人を取れり 漁人是を捕ふるに術なし 故に舟中に空寝して待バ鮹うかヾひよつて足を舟に打かかるを目早く鉈を以て其足を切おとし速に漕かへる 其危うきこと生死一瞬の間に関る 右足を市店の簷に掛れバ長くたれて地にあまる 又疣一ツを服して一日の食に足るといふ”

滑川市立博物館/所蔵資料紹介 Vol.2 滑川の大蛸

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