Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 141212
Great Kanto Earthquake - Honjo
- 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
- 1341 × 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). "Honjo Homen" (Toward Honjo). "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 area around Honjo, Sumida ward. 95% of the houses here were burnt down. Firestorm killed almost 38,000 people in one refugee area.
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