Title

'Yokohama Earthquake', 1923. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'Yokohama Earthquake', 1923. Yokohama, City of Yokohama, Japan. Yokohama was destroyed on September 1st 1923 by the Great Kanto earthquake. Rubble from the earthquake was used to reclaim land for parks, including the Yamashita Park, which opened in 1930. Yokohama was rebuilt, but an estimated thirty U.S. air raids during World War Two, the largest of which was on the 29th May 1945, demolished the city.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1923

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C76_180

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

75,6Mb (2,9Mb) / 21,6in x 13,6in / 6468 x 4088 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior destruction country Japan Japanese damage ruins ruin location disaster earthquake debris rubble century catastrophe wreckage concept outside ruined twenties natural disaster natural phenomena B&W MONOCHROME Yokohama black & white black and white B W 1920s 20th century Kanto The Print Collector gatepost TGN postcard Unknown débris postcard