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The Tenmei eruption (Japanese: 天明大噴火, Tenmei daifunka) was a large eruption of Mount Asama that occurred in 1783 (Tenmei 3). [3] [4] [5] This eruption was one of the causes of the Tenmei famine. [6] [7] It is estimated that about 1,500–1,624 people were killed in the eruption.
Mount Asama (浅間山, Asama-yama) is an active complex volcano in central Honshū, the main island of Japan.The volcano is the most active on Honshū. [3] The Japan Meteorological Agency classifies Mount Asama as rank A. [4] It stands 2,568 metres (8,425 ft) above sea level on the border of Gunma and Nagano prefectures. [5]
The 1783 eruption of Mount Asama is said to have caused the Great Tenmei famine. [ 5 ] [ 4 ] Starting in the 1770s, there was a sharp decline in crop yield in Tōhoku , the north-eastern region of Honshū , due to poor and cold weather, so food stocks in rural areas were exhausted.
Keanakakoi eruption: 4 Mount Etna [103] Italy 1787 4 Laki [65] Iceland 1783–1784 10,000+ 1783–1784 eruption of Laki: 4 Mount Asama [104] Japan 1783 1,500–1,624 Tenmei eruption: 4 Raikoke [53] Russia 1778 15 [105] 4 Mount Usu [86] Japan 1769 4 Cotopaxi [80] Ecuador 1768 4 Hekla [38] Iceland 1766–1768 4 Miyake-jima [106] Japan 1763 4 ...
Mt. Asama's most destructive eruption in recent recorded history took place in 1783, when over 1,000 were killed. The volcano is actively monitored by scientists and climbing close to the summit is prohibited. [3] Usui Pass; Highest elevation: 2,568 m (8,425 ft) (Top of Mount Asama) Lowest elevation: 798.7 m (2,620.4 ft)
1783 (Tenmei 3): Mount Asama (浅間山,, Asama-yama) erupted in Shinano province, only 80 miles northwest of Edo, with a loss of life estimated at more than 20,000 (Tenmei eruption). [Today, Asama-yama's location is better described as on the border between Gunma Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture]. Japanologist Isaac Titsingh's published ...
According to a diary the team examined, written by a Japanese statesman between 1062 and 1141, the eruption of Mount Asama in central Japan began in late August 1108 and lasted until October of ...
Minoan eruption: 15,000 to 20,000 Mount Samalas: 7 Indonesia: 1257 1257 Samalas eruption: 15,000 Mount Unzen: 2 Japan: 1792 1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami: 13,000+ (estimated) Mount Vesuvius: 5 Italy: 79 Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD: 10,000+ Laki and Grímsvötn: 4 Iceland: 1783 Laki 1783 eruption [1] 10,000 Kelud: 5 Indonesia: 1586 ...