Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 126489
Great Kanto Earthquake - Refuge to the Rails
- Artist / 作者
- Igawa Sengai井川洗厓
- Date / 年代
- 1926
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / artelino
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 1366 × 1000 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
From the series, "Taisho Shinsai Gashu" (Pictures of Taisho Earthquake). "Densha Senrojo no Hinan" (Refuge to the Street Car Rails). "Great Kanto Earthquake" September 1st in 1923, the massive earthquake jolted Kanto area. The collapsing building and the inferno followed the earthquake killed 140,000 people. It devastated Tokyo and the surrounding area. This one depicted the people refuged between the street car rails. The place between the street car rails were considered as the safer area because they located in the middle of broad streets and were on top of paved stones.
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