Légende

Two women with children stand among the destruction in Japan after an earthquake, page, photomechanical print, Japan, cliché maker: Kazumasa Ogawa, after 1891-10-28 - in or before 1892, photographer, paper, collotype, light print, height 181 mm x width 254 mm, ruin of a dwelling, house, castle, consequences of an earthquake, Mino–Owari Earthquake 1891, A sepia-toned photograph shows four people standing among a wide expanse of broken tiles and debris scattered across the ground, with three appearing to wear layered, loose garments and one wearing a head covering. The foreground is filled with irregular fragments of roofing tiles and curved ceramic pieces piled and strewn across dirt. In the midground, low wooden structures and scattered materials extend across the scene, with a few indistinct figures farther back. The background contains sparse trees, clusters of taller foliage, and more rubble extending toward a pale, empty sky.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B06_400

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

40.1Mo (9.0Mo) / 37.2cm x 27.0cm / 4390 x 3193 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Two women children stand destruction Japan earthquake page photomechanical print cliché maker Kazumasa Ogawa 1891-10-28 - 1892 photographer paper collotype light print height 181 mm x width 254 mm ruin dwelling house castle consequences Mino–Owari Earthquake 1891 sepia-toned photograph four people standing wide expanse broken tiles debris scattered across ground three appearing wear layered loose garments wearing head covering foreground filled irregular fragments roofing tiles curved ceramic pieces piled strewn across dirt midground low wooden structures scattered materials extend scene indistinct figures farther back background contains sparse trees clusters taller foliage rubble extending pale empty sky