Houses destroyed by an earthquake in Japan, page, photomechanical print, Japan, cliché maker: Kazumasa Ogawa, after 1891-10-28 - in or before 1892, photographer, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 221 mm x width 276 mm, ruin of a dwelling, house, castle, consequences of an earthquake, Mino–Owari Earthquake 1891, A sepia photograph shows a rural scene with uneven ground and scattered wooden beams and planks. Thatched roofs and simple wooden structures appear along the left and right edges, and a small building with a sloped roof sits amid trees in the middle distance. Trees and foliage occupy much of the upper left and right areas. Several people stand or sit among the debris and earth, some near a shallow trench and others on rocky ground. Woven baskets and round containers lie on the ground, and a leaning pole rises from the center of the scene. The overall view includes rough pathways and piles of earth and construction materials.
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Houses destroyed by an earthquake in Japan, page, photomechanical print, Japan, cliché maker: Kazumasa Ogawa, after 1891-10-28 - in or before 1892, photographer, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 221 mm x width 276 mm, ruin of a dwelling, house, castle, consequences of an earthquake, Mino–Owari Earthquake 1891, A sepia photograph shows a rural scene with uneven ground and scattered wooden beams and planks. Thatched roofs and simple wooden structures appear along the left and right edges, and a small building with a sloped roof sits amid trees in the middle distance. Trees and foliage occupy much of the upper left and right areas. Several people stand or sit among the debris and earth, some near a shallow trench and others on rocky ground. Woven baskets and round containers lie on the ground, and a leaning pole rises from the center of the scene. The overall view includes rough pathways and piles of earth and construction materials.

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Houses destroyed earthquake Japan page photomechanical print cliché maker Kazumasa Ogawa 1891-10-28 - 1892 photographer paper collotype photoprint height 221 mm x width 276 mm ruin dwelling house castle consequences Mino–Owari Earthquake 1891 sepia photograph rural scene uneven ground scattered wooden beams planks Thatched roofs simple wooden structures left right edges small building sloped roof sits trees middle distance Trees foliage occupy upper left right areas Several people stand sit debris earth near shallow trench rocky ground Woven baskets round containers lie ground leaning pole rises center scene view includes rough pathways piles construction materials

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