Photographs of the 1894 Shonai Earthquake and the 1896 Riku-u Earthquake in northeastern Japan

Accession number;06A0163028
Title;Photographs of the 1894 Shonai Earthquake and the 1896 Riku-u Earthquake in northeastern Japan
Author;OSAKO MASAHIRO(National Sci. Museum, JPN)   
Journal Title;Bull Natl Sci Mus Ser E
Journal Code:Y0995A
ISSN:0387-8511
VOL.28;NO.;PAGE.1-11(2005)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.4, TBL.2, REF.12
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;Late in the 19th century two earthquakes struck northeastern Honshu at an interval of two years. The Imperial Earthquake Investigation Committee reported on the 1894 Shonai Earthquake, including many handwritten copies from photographs in the form of blueprints or dry plates, which are now kept in the collection of the National Science Museum. In contrast, fewer photographs of the 1896 Riku-u Earthquake are left in the collections. This was the case for the investigations of the earthquake at that time, although the event showed interesting phenomena in seismology, such as apparent faults. Afterwards, Dr Akitsune Imamura made a report of the Riku-u earthquake, introducing photographs in an album donated from an individual. This rare material is also preserved in the NSM. (author abst.)