Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

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Introduction:
On Shin Hanga (“New Prints”) and the Scopic Pleasures of Natural Disaster
by Deborah Stein

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1
When the Shock Hits:
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
and the 1923 Kanto Earthquake and their Respective Aftermaths
by Laura Buchan

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2
Out of the Rubble:
Japanese Printmaking and the Effects of the Kanto Earthquake
by Eunjee Lee and Jane Kennedy

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3
The Image, Testimonial and Social Class:
Representations of the Human Reaction to Disaster
by MK Chavez and Jennifer Martin

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4
The Visual Culture of an Earthquake Nation:
Catfish, Architecture, and the Japanese Woodblock Print
by Alicia Gallo and Jennifer Rannells

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