Title : Great Kanto Earthquake - Nakabashi HIrokoji District

Artist : Unknown

Date : 1926.

Details : Unknown: Great Kanto Earthquake - Nakabashi HIrokoji District - Artelino

Source : artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description : From the series, "Taisho Shinsai Gashu" (Pictures of Taisho Earthquake). "Nakabashi Hirokoji no Sanjo" (The Devastation of Nakabashi Hirokoji). "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 who were buried under the bricks around Hirokoji district.

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