Earthquake from the Legendary History of the Jin'o-ji (Kōnin Shōnin eden)

Unknown artist

c. 1350-1400

Handscroll fragment mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, colors and gold on paper

Arthur M. Sackler Museum

A chaotic scene unfolds as people and a horse struggle in rough, wavy water near a wooden structure and a shoreline with trees. Some figures are falling, while others swim or cling to debris. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Hofer Collection of the Printed and Graphic Arts of Asia in honor of Professor and Mrs. Edwin A. Cranston