Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 141206

Great Kanto Earthquake - Ruins of Ginza

Artist / 作者
不明
Date / 年代
1926
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / artelino
Digital record / 画像記録
1339 × 1000 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Artelino
Published by / 公開者
白石カナ
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). "Ginza Doori no Yakeato" (Burnt Ruins of Ginza Street). "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 Ginza street along which plush brick buildings and gas street lights had been seen before the earth quake.

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