Artist: Unknown
Title: Great Kanto Earthquake - Around Fukagawa
Date: 1926.
Details & Prices: Unknown: Great Kanto Earthquake - Around Fukagawa - Artelino
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Description:
From the series, "Taisho Shinsai Gashu" (Pictures of Taisho Earthquake). "Fukagawa Homen" (Around Fukagawa). "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. Fukagawa, Eto ward, was one of the area which recorded the highest casualties and devastation.