Catalog record · 目録番号 112841

Tsunami Disaster in Meiji Era

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kokunimasa (Kunimasa V)五代目歌川国政（小国政）
Date / 年代: 1896
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 944 × 1400 px
Published by / 公開者: 森川ミドリ

Catalog note / 解説

In June 15, 1896, a large tsunami struck the part of Iwate, Aomori, Miyagi Prefectures in the north-eastern Japan. The tsunami destroyed more than 5000 houses, killed about 30000 people. The wave reached 30 m in height in some region. One large wave carried a woman who was taking a bath in a wooden bath tub and left her in the tub on top of a hill. She was unharmed. The Meiji Sanriku Tsunami was one of the largest natural catastrophe in modern Japanese history. .

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1896, July. · artelino

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