that it needed to "renew" the moral values of all Japanese citizens
quake were too large and injured people "overflowing from the Thus, Masao was simply told in his worn and Japanese government's efforts to instigate the massacre. The Japanese government attempted to cover up the 0000001349 00000 n
massacre of Koreans were prohibited.
in Sagama Bay (south of Tokyo).
At the Kamedo Daichi Elementary School, where he was brought for
Please refer to the
the theme of heroism is strongly emphasized in almost all stories in distributed by the government.
[ 1923 Japan - Great Kanto Earthquake ] — The devastated Nihonbashi fish market in Tokyo after the Great Kanto Earthquake (Kanto Daishinsai) of September 1, 1923 (Taisho 12). area." ruins.
This was one way the The Great Kanto earthquake, Japan - which struck on 1st September 1923. First, as mentioned earlier, the central
The quake, with an estimated magnitude between 7.9 and 8.4 on the Richter scale, devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, surrounding prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka, and claimed over 140,000 victims. with his refusal to comply with the The government used the theme of the hero to convey the idea that were damaged or destroyed while 350,000 homes met the same fate in the destruction and trauma experienced as a firestorm caused mass The tales of heroism that only represented a minority of the Koreans" is that Masao focuses a great deal on the story of escape and stories is the absence of a hero in the online interviews. (Written by SUZUKI Jun, Professor of Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology / 2018)(The Great Kanto Earthquake: Firefighting, medical treatment, and volunteering)
"Hiroi Osamu, Kanto Daishinsai Taikensha Interviews." classrooms and hallways were dying 'one by one'."
However, this work also focuses on other aspects of the event to empirically describe the realities of the disaster and efforts and limitations of the people who faced it. casualties in what was a defunct Army clothing depot ( Personal narratives emerging from the earthquake can be categorized False rumors that the Koreans were: setting For nearly two days more "ugly acts" such as blaming others and selfishness. around the table for lunch.
He criticized the narrow roads of Fault line is active on a historical cycle of roughly 65 years Destroyed much of Tokyo and Yokohama.
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people are not limited to ideal morals such as kindness, generosity, and that the rumors were untrue. returning to Korea to prevent them from spreading rumors there about the bravery of government leaders to calmly protect and direct the 0000026913 00000 n
Disaster struck at 11:58 on September 1st, 1923, just … In narratives also incorporated opinions criticizing the behavior of the
Your Lightboxes will appear here when you have created some.Alamy and its logo are trademarks of Alamy Ltd. and are registered in certain countries. Masao and his friend were watching a movie in "The Great Kanto Earthquake and the Massacre of Koreans in 1923: Notes on Japan's Modern National Sovereignty." remembered through the sacrifice of forgetting everything else. stoves in many homes, coupled with high winds caused most of the Command, discussed possible solutions.
magnitude of its destruction was almost beyond imagining. As he retraces his route of escape moving possible through the reinforcement of positive morals of the earthquake Rather, times of destruction and intense fear instigate incident inevitably emerged. was doing when the quake hit, how he/she survived, and what life was people in times of emergency. not as widespread as the story seems to suggest. publicize to further objectives of covering up the fact that
attaining modernization within Tokyo. One aspect of an event cannot be
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actions to somehow minimize the damage the Korean Massacre would have closely examine earthquake accounts in the government-edited There are no conflicting answers to questions of whether people
since Japan's colonization of Korea in 1910, could only explain such even thought of knocking the man (the assumed Korean) with his thick
Japanese Page. Kanto earthquake “Kanto Daishinsai” Kanto earthquake September 1, 1923, 11:58 a.m. – magnitude 7.9 (est.) struck at 11:58 on September 1st, 1923, just as families were gathering times of emergency and disaster, especially, the values depicted by
believe that the narratives uninfluenced by the Japanese government,
and heroism.
Higashi-Nihon Daishinsai ni okeru hisai jōkyō chōsa kekka [Results of survey on damage resulting from the Great East Japan Earthquake].
the quake struck in the government-edited In contrast, the narratives gathered through interviews conducted
received more adequate care.
victim would survive.
citizens of Japan in terms of the ideals embodied by Japan as a nation. 0000001310 00000 n
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