Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 126202

Twenty-one Views of Ezo - New Volcano Showa-shinzan

Artist / 作者
Omoto Yasushi大本靖
Date / 年代
1972
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / artelino
Digital record / 画像記録
1130 × 1000 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Artelino
Published by / 公開者
黒川トウマ
Rights / 権利
All rights reserved / commercial reuse prohibited
Attribution / 表記
Artelino

Catalog note / 解説

From album "Ezo Nijuikkei" ("Twenty-one Views of Ezo"). Ezo is the old name of Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan. "Funen no Showa Shinzan": After some earthquakes and rumblings of Mt. Usu, a flat wheat field near the volcano started to rise gradually to 290 meters in height between 1943 and 1945. Since the changes occurred during World War II, there was no official record of this strange growth. The local postmaster, Masao Mimatsu, who noticed the change and became curious. He placed a piece of paper on his window and traced the profile of the dome at different times as it grew. The new mountain is now 408 meters in height still spewing smoke.

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