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Chronicling Disaster in Mid-19th century Japan

* “It is said that if one natural disaster strikes, a second will occur…“ * So begins the preface to Natural Disasters of the Ansei Period [Ansei fūbunshū], a harrowing chronicle of disasters that took place in Japan during the … Continue reading

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