Compilation of historical disaster event in early Meiji era

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K12847
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Natural disaster / Disaster prevention science
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Kano Yasuyuki 京都大学, 防災研究所, 助教 (30447940)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 天変地異 / 地震 / 火山噴火 / 風水害 / 自然災害 / 泥雨 / 明治時代 / 防災

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A list of historical disaster event has been compiled. The list includes earthquakes, volcano eruptions, and other natural disasters and astronomical phenomena. Since systematical observation by national agencies had not been started in this period, unknown event might be occurred. An online database on the events are constructed. The list can be sorted by time and area and searched by keyword.

Free Research Field

地震学