Biwajima [after the earthquake]. Photographer: Ogawa Kazuma
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View of ruined houses: '...We visited one of the suburbs of Nagoya called Biwajima, which is practically one long street running from near the castle across flat ground towards the river. It is no exaggeration to say that the destruction was complete. The houses some tiled and some with thatch h...
Life after the earthquake. Photographer: Aoyama, S.
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View of families in temporary shelters: 'A koya is a temporary structure used as a dwelling...The koya in the Earthquake district were constructed of straw mats, pieces of cloth, fragments of paper screens, broken boards and any other suitable thing that could be gathered from the ruins...The pi...
Kasamatsu [after the earthquake]. Photographer: Ogawa Kazuma
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'The foot bridge across the Kisogawa at Kasamatsu has simply disappeared, leaving nothing to show where it was. One crosses by boat, to the place where Kasamatsu was, but all that is left of the place is a reddish coloured plain of tiles and other uninflammable things, which, when we were there,...