• Figure 1.2. Whirlwind, an oil painting by Tokunaga Ryūshū following the Great Kantō Earthquake. Figures are portrayed as if they’ve been thrown. More hands and legs stretch from the rubble at the bottom (From the collection of the Tokyo Memorial Hall).

Whirlwind

From The Era of Great Disasters: Japan and Its Three Major Earthquakes by Makoto Iokibe; Translated by Tony Gonzalez

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  • History:Asian and Southeast Asian History
  • Cultural Studies
  • Asian Studies:Japan
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