Kanto Shinsai gaho. Earthquake pictorial edition. Part one [-two]

Osaka: Osaka Mainichi, n.d., [1923]. First edition, 2 volumes, oblong 4to, Pictorial account of the devastating tremblor (8.3 on the Richter scale) and resulting conflagration which occurred on September 1, 1923, devastating Tokyo, Yokohama, and the surrounding prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka. 140,000 were killed or missing, hundreds of thousands were left homeless. A third volume consisting chiefly of text is not included. Item #32231

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