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A scarce photobook compiled by Kagoshima Prefecture on the southern isle of Kyushu documenting the environs and 1914 eruption of the volcano Sakurajima. Lava flows continued for months and connected Sakurajima, a former island, to the Osumi Peninsula by a narrow isthmus. These images capture the eruption in photographs of billowing smoke, its aftermath in local flora and fauna, and later photographs from 1926 of affected areas and local residents who returned to the changed landscape. The volcano is still active. Illustrated with 67 black and white photographic plates interleaved with descriptive English text printed on tissue. Oblong 8vo. Bound in publisher's tan cloth with Japanese style stitching, "Kagoshimaken" stamped in blind on front cover. Card laid in with holograph inscription in English "Compliments of Miki. Nagano, Governor of Kagoshima-Ken." About Very Good with fraying to cloth along edges, dampstain along bottom and fore edge that extends slightly into margins at rear. Seller Inventory # 140943034
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Eruptions of Sakurajima Volcanoe and Its...
Publisher: Kagoshima Prefecture, [Kagoshima City, Japan]
Publication Date: 1926
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