Catalog record · 目録番号 129083

Great Kanto Earthquake - Train Wreck

Artist / 作者: Kondo Shiun近藤紫雲
Date / 年代: 1926
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 1342 × 1000 px
Published by / 公開者: 黒川トウマ

Catalog note / 解説

From the series, "Taisho Shinsai Gashu" (Pictures of Taisho Earthquake). "Oiso Fukin Ressha no Tenpuku" (The Train Wreck around Oiso). "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 train which was running between Oiso and Hiratsuka at the moment of the earthquake.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1926. · artelino

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