Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 141209

Great Kanto Earthquake - Suda Town

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: 1351 × 1000 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Artelino
Published by / 公開者: 朝倉レン
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). "Fukou Saisho no Suda-cho" (The First Recovery of Suda City). "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 recovery face of Suda in Chiyoda Ward. Construction materials are transported by horse carts and the refugees started to come back their houses.

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