Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 112840
Red Cross at Tsunami Rescue
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Kokunimasa五代目歌川国政（小国政）
- Date / 年代
- 1896
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 955 × 1400 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Artelino
- Published by / 公開者
- 星野アカリ
- Rights / 権利
- All rights reserved / commercial reuse prohibited
- Attribution / 表記
- Artelino
Catalog note / 解説
In June 15, 1896, a large tsunami struck the part of Iwate, Aomori, Miyagi Prefectures in the north-eastern Japan. The tsunami destroyed more than 5000 houses, killed about 30000 people. It, Meiji Sanriku Tsunami, was one of the largest natural catastrophy in modern Japanese history. The newly estublished Japanese Red Cross swiftly came to the disaster area and helped the injured and organized the rescue efforts.
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