Japanese Print "Great Kanto Earthquake" by Tamura Saiten
Artist:Tamura Saiten
Title:Great Kanto Earthquake
Date:1923.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
A barrack village in Hibiya Park on a fine autumn day. Several notices from Japanese Red Cross are posted on the wall. From the series, "Taisho Shinkasai Mokuhanga-shu" which depicted the scenery of Tokyo right after the Great Kanto Earthquake (Sept.1, 1923) which killed ca. 140,000 people and devastated most of Tokyo by fire. This print still has the original title in Japanese attached on the back. .
