Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 112841
Tsunami Disaster in Meiji Era
- 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
- 944 × 1400 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Artelino
- Published by / 公開者
- 森川ミドリ
- 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. The wave reached 30 m in height in some region. One large wave carried a woman who was taking a bath in a wooden bath tub and left her in the tub on top of a hill. She was unharmed. The Meiji Sanriku Tsunami was one of the largest natural catastrophe in modern Japanese history..
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