Historical flood disaster in the southern area of Gunma Prefecture infered from the memorial monuments of flood

Masafumi Aoyama

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[J] Poster

M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-IS Intersection

[M-IS28] History X Earth and Planetary Science

convener:Yasuyuki Kano(Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo), Hiroaki Isobe(Faculty of Fine Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts), Kei Yoshimura(Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo), kiyomi iwahashi(National Institute of Japanese Literature)

[MIS28-P03] Historical flood disaster in the southern area of Gunma Prefecture infered from the memorial monuments of flood

*Masafumi Aoyama¹ (1.Faculty of Education, Gunma University)

Keywords:memorial monuments of flood, Flood caused by typhoon kathleen 1947, Great flood of 1910, Gunma Prefecture

Distribution of memorial monuments related to the flood damages and their description in the central and southern area of Gunma Prefecture were investigated. Many memorial monuments related to the debris flow and flood caused by the typhoon Kathleen 1947 are distributed in the southern and western foot area of Mt. Akagi. Karasu river, Kabura river and Kanna river confluence in the Karasu river lowland. This area is flood prone area, and many memorial monuments of past flood are also distributed. These memorial monuments in this area are related to the flood caused by heavy rain of 1846, 1910 and 1935.