The Eruptions of Sakurajima Volcanoe and Its Plants. November 1, 1926

by Kagoshima Prefecture, Compilers

$1,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books · No longer available

Kagoshima City, Japan : Kagoshima Prefecture, 1926. 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

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