Caption

Destroyed buildings in Kasamatsu after an earthquake, page, photomechanical print, Kasamatsu, cliché maker: Kazumasa Ogawa, Japan, after 1891-10-28 - in or before 1892, photographer, Chubu, Gifu, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 216 mm x width 281 mm, ruin of a building, architecture, consequences of an earthquake, Mino–Owari earthquake 1891, A wide, sepia-toned scene of rubble and debris stretching toward a hazy horizon, with broken roof tiles and scattered stones in the foreground, low smoke or mist rising near the center, sparse leafless and partially leafed trees standing among the ruins, distant treeline and faint building shapes behind the haze, and an overall flat, dusty landscape under a pale sky.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B06_386

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54.6Mb (11.7Mb) / 16.5in x 12.9in / 4936 x 3865 (300dpi)

Keywords

Destroyed buildings Kasamatsu earthquake page photomechanical print cliché maker Kazumasa Ogawa Japan 1891-10-28 - 1892 photographer Chubu Gifu paper collotype photoprint height 216 mm x width 281 mm ruin building architecture consequences Mino–Owari earthquake 1891 wide sepia-toned scene rubble debris stretching hazy horizon broken roof tiles scattered stones foreground low smoke mist rising near center sparse leafless partially leafed trees standing ruins distant treeline faint building shapes haze flat dusty landscape under pale sky