The Nankaidō (南海道, Nankaidō?), literally meaning "southern sea road," was both an ancient region of Japan and an ancient road which connected provincial capitals in this region.1 It was one of the Gokishichidō.
The Nankaidō encompassed the pre-Meiji provincial lands of Kii and Awaji, plus the four provinces that made up the island of Shikoku: Awa, Sanuki, Tosa and Iyo.2
The road extend from Nara to the seacoast to the south on the Kii Peninsula of the island of Honshū in Japan and crossing the sea, extended to Yura (nowadays Sumoto) and then Shikoku.
Nankaido Earthquakes
- See Historic tsunami for a full list of Nankai quakes with tsunami.
Many historic earthquakes bear the name "Nankai" or "Nankaido", as specific epicenters were not known at the time. Often quakes take on the Japanese era name along with location such as Nankaido. The listed one is the most recent and well known Nankai Quake, although others like the Great Ansei Nankai Earthquake bear its name as well.
- 1946, Dec 21 The Nankai Earthquake (南海地震) measuring 8.4 hit at 4:19 [local time] there was a catastrophic earthquake on the southwest of Japan in the Nankai area. It was felt almost everywhere in the central and western parts of the country. The tsunami that washed away 1451 houses and caused 1500 deaths in Japan. It was observed on tide gauges in California, Hawaii, and Peru. 3
References
- Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.... Click link to digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)
See also
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Gokishichidō (five provinces and seven circuits) |
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