Abstract
Serious damage to levee embankments occurred in Kochi city area during the 1946 Showa-Nankai Earthquake. Relative sea level change to the land due to various factors including subsidence of land and levees, Tsunami, etc. caused massive flooding in a wide spread area of downtown Kochi. Although the occurrences of damage to levees have been fragmentarily reported through various media, no document that summarized levee damage locations on a map exists as far as authors know. This study attempts to identify locations of damage to levees in Kochi city by utilizing every available kinds of information sources including damage maps, newspapers, books, photos, and first-hand accounts. Newly found information is also utilized to identify locations of levee damage.
