YOKOHAMA--Historic negatives that capture the destruction to this port city close to Tokyo caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake are causing a stir among researchers. Twenty-eight glass dry plates discovered by chance in 2018 vividly illustrate burned-out buildings in the city's central Chinatown district and warships from not only Japan but also overseas arriving at Yokohama Port to assist in relief activities. “The discovery is important in ascertaining the earthquake damage caused to Yokohama,” said an official of the Yokohama Archives of History in Naka Ward here, which analyzed the negatives. Glass dry plates were widely used at photo studios in town at the time. The images are presumed to have been taken by Yokohama-based photographer Yoshinosuke Nishino (1881-1952).