Asama tan - Asama tan

Japanese: 浅間焼け - あさまやけ
Asama tan - Asama tan

... In addition, Mount Haneyama (1,256m) near Kyu-Karuizawa is an older lava dome than Mount Asama, and Mount Ko-Asama (1,655m) and Mount Ishimori (1,668m) on the mountainside are parasitic volcanoes, but all of them are small protrusions with changes on gentle slopes. [Masahide Shiki]
[Asama Yake]
This refers to the eruption of Mount Asama. In one of the largest eruptions in history, ash fell on Shinano in January 685 (Tenmu 14), withering all vegetation, and in July 1108 (Tennin 1), raging fires burned the mountain ranges, sending smoke into the sky. In Kozuke Province, gravel filled the land, ash piled up in gardens, and all the fields in the country were destroyed (Chuu-u-ki).

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Asama Yake" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… なお,旧軽井沢近くの離山(1256m)は浅間火山より古い溶岩円頂丘,山腹の小浅間山(1655m),石尊山(1668m)は寄生火山だが,いずれもなだらかな斜面上に変化をみせる小突起である。【式 正英】
[浅間焼け]
 浅間山の噴火をいう。史上に現れた大きな噴火では,685年(天武14)1月に信濃に灰が降り草木がみな枯れたといい,1108年(天仁1)7月には猛火が山嶺を焼き,その煙は天に沖し,上野国では砂礫が国に満ち灰燼は庭に積もり,国内の田畑はことごとく滅亡したという(《中右記》)。…

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