Postcard Flood 1910 Mukōjima
A postcard with a snapshot of a natural disaster in Japan: a scene in the old part of Tokyo, Mukōjima, shortly after the great flood of August 1910. Residents rowed boats through the city during the flood. (CSB)
Workshop / factory / publisher: 東京下谷西黒門町山光堂製 / Sankodo Shitaya Tokyo
Place of manufacture: Tokyo
Material description: paper
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white print
Inscription: 明治四十三年八月都下稀有ノ大洪水 向島牛ノ御前ノ浸水 / Great flood, August 1910, Mukōjima Ushino gozen
No. of parts: 1
Current owner: Celje Regional Museum
Date of the last acquisition: 1957–1960
Last acquisition method: donation
Previous owners and periods of ownership: Alma M. Karlin, Thea Schreiber Gammelin, Celje Regional Museum
Object condition, handling and damage: well preserved
Press releases: PARK, Mijeoung, HASEGAWA, Rei (ur.). 2016. Nihon teikoku no hyosho: seisei kioku keisho. Tokyo: Enishi shobô: 239., Azijske študije. 2017. 5(21): 221.
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