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English: A news broadsheet “Kawaraban” (tile-block printing) depicting the state of the damage after the Great Ansei earthquake that occurred on November 11, 1855. The earthquake severely damaged the Japanese capital Edo (Tokyo) through shaking and fire.
日本語: 安政の大地震絵図／1855年に発生した安政江戸地震による災禍を伝えている。発生様式は断層型・プレート境界型・海洋プレート内など諸説あり確定していない。
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Source Tokyo Metropolitan Library - Tokyo Shiryo Collection 0277-C56 - https://www.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/portals/0/edo/tokyo_library/modal/index.html?d=5412#
Author A news broadsheet “Kawaraban”, 1855

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A news broadsheet “Kawaraban” depicting the state of the damage after the Great Ansei earthquake that occurred on November 11, 1855.

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1855 Ansei Edo earthquake

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