Taisho 12.9.1 (Tokyo Daishinsai)

Title

Great Earthquake and Fire of Tokyo

Subject

cities

natural disasters

Description

Set of 8 postcards depicting various sites of Tokyo before and after the 1923 Kanto Earthquake

Historical: 1923 Kanto Earthquake

Date

1923-1923

Relation

Taisho 12.9.1 (Tokyo Daishinsai). Shin-Yoshiwara no zenmetsu to karei wo [character illegible] metarishi Yoshiwara naka [character illegible] cho--Great Earthquake and Fire of Tokyo. Shin-Yoshiwara no zenmetsu to karei wo [character illegible] metarishi Yoshiwara naka [character illegible] cho

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/images/olvgroup12656/olvsurrogate973077/catalog

Format

3 1/2 x 5 1/2"

Language

zxx No linguistic content

Type

StillImage

postcards

Identifier

librarycloud: G12656_olvsurrogate973077

Coverage

Tokyo, Japan

IIIF Manifest

Manifest URL

https://tokyo-urban-culture.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/oa/items/111/manifest.json

Collection

Kanto Daishinsai [1923 Kanto Earthquake]

Citation

“Taisho 12.9.1 (Tokyo Daishinsai),” Tokyo Urban Culture, accessed May 6, 2026, https://tokyo-urban-culture.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/111.