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JISHIN-NO-BEN ; (Explanation of the Earthquake)
[1855] / Woodcut, colour ; 43.0 x 28.5 cm on sheet 50.9 x 37.3 cm / Special Collections G7961 E29 1855 ; Beans 1855.11 /
Note: The yellow denotes areas damaged by the 1854 earthquake; the blue shows the coast inundated by the tsunami of the same year; and the red denotes areas devastated by the 1855 quake. This map is one of the Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Period.

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