Japan Great Earthquake of 1923 maps

Fire damage, landslides and relief depots are plotted in these official Japanese maps of the earthquake that devastated Toky...

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Fire damage, landslides and relief depots are plotted in these official Japanese maps of the earthquake that devastated Tokyo and Yokohama. The Companion Maps and Diagrams to the Great Earthquake of 1923 in Japan were issued in 1926 by the Bureau of Social Affairs of the Home Office to accompany its account of the disaster. Each city receives its own treatment of devastated districts, and sheets of Tokyo Bay and Sagami Bay record changes beneath the ground and the sea. Others map affected households, relief recipients, supply depots and temporary accommodation, and a reconstruction scheme looks ahead to the rebuilding of the city.

Fire damage, landslides and relief depots are plotted in these official Japanese maps of the earthquake that devastated Tokyo and Yokohama. The Companion Maps and Diagrams to the Great Earthquake of 1923 in Japan were issued in 1926 by the Bureau of Social Affairs of the Home Office to accompany its account of the disaster. Each city receives its own treatment of devastated districts, and sheets of Tokyo Bay and Sagami Bay record changes beneath the ground and the sea. Others map affected households, relief recipients, supply depots and temporary accommodation, and a reconstruction scheme looks ahead to the rebuilding of the city.

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