SCENES IN JAPAN AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE
There is at least one shock of earthquake every day in Japan; there are 500 shocks in a year. As late as 1891 an earthquake wrecked two populous towns and destroyed two smaller ones. These photographs show the havoc of such earthquakes.
YOKOHAMA: THE TOWN AND HARBOUR IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE GREAT CHANGE
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OLD TŌKIO: THE CITY OF YEDO, SEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SHŌGUNS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS
The “Japan Bridge,” one of the striking features of the capital of Old Japan, was regarded as the centre of the empire, and from it all distances were measured.
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