Artist: Kondo Shiun
Title: Great Kanto Earthquake - Train Wreck
Date: 1926.
Details & Prices: Kondo Shiun: Great Kanto Earthquake - Train Wreck - Artelino
Source:
artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
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.
