Video : 1896 Sanriku earthquake

15-Jun-1896
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Houses swept away from Hosoura to Gongenhama in Shizugawa, Miyagi Prefecture, caused by Sanriku Great Tsunami in June 1896.
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| Artist: Imperial Household Ministry(present-day "Imperial Household Agency")., This photo was taken by Tomezo Kunifu. | Credit: Japanese book "Japan in the Meiji era" published by Yoshikawa-Kobunkan., Kiyoshi Numata, 2020, An Overview of the Records of Meiji Sanriku Tsunami Photographs, Rekishijishin, 35, pp139-155.
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