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The Global Context The Global Context
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Disasters, Vulnerability, and Time Disasters, Vulnerability, and Time
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The Earthquakes The Earthquakes
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Keichō-Fushimi (Fushimi-Momoyama), 1596 (Keichō 1)/7/13 Keichō-Fushimi (Fushimi-Momoyama), 1596 (Keichō 1)/7/13
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Kanbun (Kanbun Ōmi-Wakasa; Biwakō seigan), 1662 (Kanbun 2)/5/1 Kanbun (Kanbun Ōmi-Wakasa; Biwakō seigan), 1662 (Kanbun 2)/5/1
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Genroku, 1703 (Genroku 16)/11/23 Genroku, 1703 (Genroku 16)/11/23
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Hōei, 1707 (Hōei 4)/10/4 Hōei, 1707 (Hōei 4)/10/4
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Sanjō (Echigo), 1828 (Bunsei 11)/11/12 Sanjō (Echigo), 1828 (Bunsei 11)/11/12
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Kyoto, 1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpō 1)/7/2 Kyoto, 1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpō 1)/7/2
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Zenkōji, 1847 (Kōka 4)/3/24 Zenkōji, 1847 (Kōka 4)/3/24
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Odawara, 1853 (Kaei 6)/2/2 Odawara, 1853 (Kaei 6)/2/2
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Iga-Ueno (Ansei Iga), 1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1)/6/15 Iga-Ueno (Ansei Iga), 1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1)/6/15
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Ansei Tōkai and Ansei Nankai, 1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1)/11/4 and 11/5 Ansei Tōkai and Ansei Nankai, 1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1)/11/4 and 11/5
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Ansei Edo (Ansei Earthquake; Great Ansei Earthquake), 1855 (Ansei 2)/10/2 Ansei Edo (Ansei Earthquake; Great Ansei Earthquake), 1855 (Ansei 2)/10/2
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Nōbi (Mino-Owari), 1891 Nōbi (Mino-Owari), 1891
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Meiji Sanriku, 1896 Meiji Sanriku, 1896
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Great Kantō, 1923 Great Kantō, 1923
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Shōwa Sanriku (Sanriku), 1933 Shōwa Sanriku (Sanriku), 1933
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Early Modern Japan Early Modern Japan
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Social and Political Geography Social and Political Geography
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Bakufu Power Bakufu Power
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Protest and World Renewal Protest and World Renewal
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Mass Media and Literacy Mass Media and Literacy
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Religious and Intellectual Milieu Religious and Intellectual Milieu
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Catfish Catfish
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1 Earthquakes in the Early Modern Era
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Published:November 2013
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Abstract
This book investigates the influence of the 1855 Ansei Edo earthquake in the context of major earthquakes of Japan's early modern and modern eras. It argues that the Ansei Edo earthquake played a pivotal role in a process of shaping conceptions of Japan in the realms of politics, religion, geography, and natural science. Furthermore, it produced new ideas about human agency vis-à-vis earthquakes that have affected notions of seismicity and society in modern Japan. The book also examines the relevance of time in a society's vulnerability to natural hazards and connects both factors to the Ansei Edo earthquake in terms of when it began and when it ended. This chapter provides some basic information about earthquakes that struck early modern and modern Japan and describes early modern Japanese society by focusing on social and political geography, the nature of bakufu power, mass media and literacy, religious and intellectual milieu, and the belief that earthquakes were caused by catfish living under the earth.
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