Born Then1707–1708
Life during the 1707 Hōei earthquake and Fuji eruption
Be born in a place it hit, a few years before it began, and see what it did to five ordinary lives.
What it meant for ordinary people
In October 1707 one of the largest earthquakes in Japan's history struck along the Nankai Trough, with a tsunami that hit Osaka and the Pacific coast. Seven weeks later Mount Fuji erupted for the last time, burying farmland to the east under ash. The shogunate levied a national tax for relief.
Deaths: about 5,000 to 20,000 in the earthquake and tsunami.
How hard it hits each person in the game (risk of death, of being conscripted, of leaving) comes from scholarly estimates.
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