Japanese Print "Burnt by Great Earthquake" by Tamura Saiten
Artist:Tamura Saiten
Title:Burnt by Great Earthquake
Date:1923.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
The tents set up by St.Luca Hospital at Tsukiji in a rainy day. From the series, "Taisho Shin Kasai 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. .
