STUDY ON THE INVESTIGATION OF THE NOBI EARTHQUAKE STRICKEN AREA AND “ZISIN KAOKU” BY YUZO SATO

Abstract

 This article considered the trip of the investigation by Sato Yuzo who investigated the Nobi earthquake stricken area which occurred in 1891, and about "Zisin Kaoku" which he wrote it down. It is following points to become clear.
 The trip of the investigation by him is not clear conventionally. However, I can regard that he moved to Nagoya as during November 3 from October 30, 1891 from the advertisements that he gave in "Fuso newspaper". He stayed at Yamada-ya of Sakaemachi in Nagoya city, and he put the advertisement, made the contact information Yamada-ya. He didn't have the intention to write the book at the investigation original stag. However, the problem was actualized by investigating many damaged buildings in an investigation place and reading the survey by others, and it is thought that writing was fixed. In addition, by the survey in Nagoya by him, there was Fusataro TAMURA of the architect as companion. And TAMURA was the sons of the carpentry house which followed from generation to generation and he became the assistant engineer of the Ministry of Finance later. Although Sato investigated 160 buildings in the disaster area affected by the Nobi earthquake in about 70 days, the survey remained within the range that the general public could see. However, he also covered the buildings that did not suffer from the earthquake in the survey, and the point that considered the earthquake resistance of the building was a remarkable feature in the same book. The publication of "Zisin Kaoku" was delayed in April 1892, and it is slow compared with related books. There are a few number of mistakes in "Zisin Kaoku", but this can be pointed out as the reason for the short time editing work.