Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 133230

Great Kanto Earthquake

Artist / 作者
Tamura Saiten
Date / 年代
1923
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Taisho / artelino
Digital record / 画像記録
599 × 800 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

"Taisho Shinkasai Mokuhanga-shu" From the series of woodblock prints which recorded the scenery of the Great Kanto Earthquake. The statue of Jeanne d`Arc in a French-Japanese Cathoric School quietly shines in the evening glow. A Catholic Nun from the school passes by. The statue was almost miraculously still standing after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and the following inferno. All the other buildings surrounding it were collapsed. This is one of the best designs among the 36 contributions by various artists for this series. The earthquake killed 140,000 people and devastated most of Tokyo. This print still has the original title attached on the back. The brochure of the recent exhibition a…

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