Tokyo, Japan: General view as conflagation sweeps the Ginza district of Tokyo. Thousands were trapped by flames as earthquake demolished Buildings.
Extensive damage and destruction to the main shopping district in Tokyo after the Kanto Earthquake in 1923
Tokyo, Japan-Debris littered streets in Tokyo, Japan. Snapped as homeless victims trekked dismally back into the ruined area, to view all that...
High-angle view of earthquake and fire damage on Hongokucho Street and the Kanda District, taken from the Yamaguchi Bank building after the Kanto...
Scene of the main business district where most of the earthquake damage was wrought. In the background is the Mitsukoshi department store, which was...
High-angle view of the area around the Azuma Bridge, which crosses the Sumida River, and the Honjo District, which was damaged from fires after the...
Tokyo, Japan- Cleaning up the wreckage: Tokyo began to clean her streets of debris Monday morning, despite the quakes that continued.
The charred remnants of the city of Tokyo, after the fire that resulted from the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.
Baby getting his bath amongst the ruins left over from the Great Kanto Earthquake in September, Yokohama, Japan, November 7, 1923.
Tokyo, Japan- Asakusa Park, playground of the Japanese for generations . The tower in the background was originally twelve stories high and was built...
High-angle view of the area around the Eitai Bridge, looking toward Fukagawa, which was damaged from fires after the Kanto earthquake, Tokyo, Japan.
Panoramic view of the devastation in a residential area after an earthquake struck Tokyo, Japan, circa 1925.
High-angle view of the Sudacho Crossroad, looking east toward Jinbocho, after the Great Kanto earthquake, Tokyo, Japan, circa 1923. The tall statue...
'Yokohama Earthquake', 1923. Yokohama, City of Yokohama, Japan. Yokohama was destroyed on September 1st 1923 by the Great Kanto earthquake. Rubble...
Horse is trapped by the debris after the Great Kanto Earthquake at Kyobashi area in September 1923 in Tokyo, Japan. The estimated Magnitude 7.9...
An extraordinary view from an airplane of the devastated and burning section of Tokyo, the result of the recent fatal earthquake. Hundreds were...
Bodies outside the Rikugun Honjo Hifukusho in downtown Tokyo, following the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1st September 1923. Around 38,000 people were...
Female workers, whose domitory was destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake evacuate to 2-meter-high iron tubes in September 1923 in Oyama, Shizuoka,...
American relief workers supply doughnuts to children after devastation of the earthquake at Yokohama.
Exterior view of the pool and main building of the Imperial Hotel, designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright between 1916 to 1922, Tokyo,...
Cherry season in Japan, April 17, will hide many of the scars of the earthquake. A scene on the Sumida River, at a village celebration in honor of...
Japanese monk reading his prayers over the ruins of the devastated town of Kirosaki, destroyed by the last earthquake, is shown in the upper photo....
Photo shows the business section of Tokyo before the earthquake struck it. It shows the Bridge Shinbashi, which is in the modern part of the Mikado's...
Photo shown the City of Tokyo in flames after the earthquake has caused many of the principal buildings to topple to the ground. The firemen with...
Large sawmill on the Columbia river between Portland and Astoria. These logs will all be sawed lumber for the rebuilding of Japan. Since the...
High-angle view of pedestrians on Nihonbashi Street, as seen from Nihonbashi Street, the building on the left is the Mitsukoshi department store,...
Japanese women carrying water in buckets after the water system in Osaka was wrecked due to the earthquake, Japan, circa 1923. The original caption...
High-angle view of the horse carts and pedestrians in a view of the Kyobashi side from the Ginza after the disaster, in Chuo, Tokyo, Japan, circa...
The arch which was set up at the entrance of the newly laid out Sumida during the 'Reconstructed Tokyo' celebrations in Tokyo, Japan, circa 1930.
Cyclists and pedestrians navigate the devastation, passing collapsed buildings and rubble, following an earthquake in Japan, circa 1925.
Relics of the Great Kanto Earthquake are exhibited at the Army Clothing Department, commemorating the 4th anniversary of the disaster, Japan, 1927....
Charnel house employees wearing cloth masks searching the ruins from the 8.3 earhquake that hit here a few days ago, Yokohama, Japan, September 4,...
People trying to evacuate from Tokyo gather at Nippori Station after the Great Kanto Earthquake on September 9, 1923 in Tokyo, Japan. The estimated...
Men walk in the rubble at the burnt field at Ginza District after the Great Kanto Earthquake on September 2, 1923 in Tokyo, Japan. The estimated...
Couple sit on Ginza Chuo Dori street at burnt out Ginza district after the Great Kanto Earthquake on September 2, 1923 in Tokyo, Japan. The estimated...
Post Office, Yokohama. Image likely prior to the Great Kanto Earthquake, which levelled much of Yokohama on September 1st, 1923.
Paul Claudel - portrait of the French ambassador to Japan among the ruins of the French embassy in Tokyo after the earthquake of 1 September 1923....
The Azume Bridge, Tokyo before and after being rebuilt four years after an earthquake which devastated the city in 1923.
After the disastrous Toyooka earthquake in Japan three women and two young children huddle together under quilted blankets surrounded by debris from...
The earthquake survivors look in posters to find missings after the Great Kanto Earthquake on September 7, 1923 in Tokyo, Japan. The estimated...
Empress Teimei visits a temporary hospital after the Great Kanto Earthquake in November 1923 in Tokyo, Japan. The estimated Magnitude 7.9 strong...
Regent Hirohito inspects the damage after the Great Kanto Earthquake at Ueno Park on September 15, 1923 in Tokyo, Japan. The estimated Magnitude 7.9...
