Publicomos

Notice (permalien)

Réf.

44653

Type

technical report

Titre

The Kumamoto earthquake: report on damages to the cultural heritage

Langues

English

Auteurs

Fujihara, Keiyo / Fujikawa, Kazuhiro / Furukawa, Tamotsu / Hanazato, Toshikazu / Hasegawa, Junichi / Hirano, Yuichi / Hosokawa, Michio / Inaba, Tsuguharu / Inagaki, Mitsuhiko / Isoda, Setsuko / Ito, Juko / Ito, Ryuichi / Kariya, Yuga / Kimoto, Tajiro / Kono, Toshiyuki / Kurihara, Yuji / Masuda, Kanefusa / Miyano, Keisuke / Nishimura, Yukio / Sasaki, Takeshi / Takeda, Koji / Tanaka, Sadahiko / Tsurushima, Toshihiko / Yamaguchi, Kentaro / Yamao, Toshitaka / Yano, Kazuyuki

Éditeurs

Sasaki, Takeshi / Ugo, Mizuko / Yano, Kazuyuki / Tatezaki, Maiko / Tsuneki, Mai

Auteurs institutionnels

ICOMOS Japan

Lieu de publication

Tokyo

Pays de publication

Japan

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS Japan

Date

01/12/2017

Pages

95 p.

Mots-clés

earthquakes / earthquake damage / assessment of damage / disaster relief work / recommendations / rehabilitation / restoration / reconstruction / historic monuments / historic houses / historic landscapes / private housing / villages / shrines / castles / educational facilities / laboratories / prevention of damage / preventive conservation / typological analysis / photographs

Pays mentionnés

Japan

Résumé en anglais

Two earthquakes of a seismic intensity of 7 on the Japanese seven-stage seismic scale occurred in Kumamoto, the first at 9 p.m. on April 14th, 2016, and the second at midnight on the 16th, causing enormous damage at various places in Kumamoto Prefecture. More than 180,000 people were forced to evacuate for several nights. With regard to cultural heritage, the damage was severe. For example, the Ro-mon (tower gate) and Haiden (hall of worship) of the Aso shrine and two Yagura (turrets) of the Kumamoto Castle collapsed entirely: both the shrine and castle have been designated as Important Cultural Properties in Japan. A year and a half since the Kumamoto Earthquakes, a major issue is how historic buildings can be preserved, such as valuable traditional houses and small shrines in historic settlements that escaped collapse. ICOMOS Japan publishes this report in the hope that, by sharing its information, which is concerned with earthquake disasters and the eff orts toward recovery, it will be a valuable guide for other countries that have the possibility of similar earthquake damage in finding desirable ways to preserve their cultural heritage from natural disasters. [Introduction by Yukio Nishimura, president of ICOMOS Japan]

Document joint

ICOMOS_Japan_2017_report_2016_Kumamoto_earthquake.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)