Eruption of Asamayama

When

5 Aug 1783

Kind

Volcanic eruption

Where

Japan

Coordinates

36.41° N, 138.52° E

Vei

4

Deaths

1491

Volcano type

Complex volcano

1783 eruption of Mount Asama in Japan

The Tenmei eruption was a large eruption of Mount Asama that occurred in 1783. This eruption was one of the causes of the Tenmei famine. It is estimated that about 1,500–1,624 people were killed in the eruption. The event is known in Japanese as The Burning of Asama in Tenmei .

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• Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mount Asama, the most active volcano in Japan, begins a climactic eruption, killing roughly 1,400 people directly and exacerbating a famine”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “El monte Asama entra en erupción en Japón”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “8月5日，日本浅间山大喷发（天明大喷发）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “日本で浅間山の天明大噴火（死者約1,600人、「鬼押出し」溶岩流形成）が発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page