the invention will be described with reference to fig1 through 4 an earthquake proofing device a according to the first embodiment as shown in fig1 showing its section comprises a load carrier 11 using a columnar rubber like body which develops elasticity or viscoelasticity and restraining plates 13 disposed therearound as restraining members constituting a restrainer 12 the rubber like body forming the load carrier 11 is formed into a column having any desired plan configuration including a cylinder and a prism and its material includes natural rubber and derivatives thereof and elastomers developing rubber like visco elasticity such as various synthetic rubbers and rubber like plastics further since the rubber like body which is the load carrier 11 is singly used such highly damping rubbers as nitrile butadiene rubber isobutylene isoprene rubber polynorbornene and butyl halogenide whose lamination has heretofore been hampered can be used if necessary disposed in laminate form around the periphery of the load carrier 11 using a rubber like body are restraining plates 13 of high rigidity which are restraining members constituting the restrainer 12 for restraining outward bulging thereby the load carrier 11 and the earthquake proofing device a develop high vertical rigidity and great vertical load support capability and possess low horizontal rigidity and great horizontal deformability the restrainer 12 shown in fig1 is constructed by simply stacking the restraining plates 13 in the form of a plurality of steel plates but as in fig4 showing an example of application of the first embodiment a single or a plurality of steel plates may be made continuous in spiral form making it possible to arbitrarily adjust the rigidity and damping performance of the earthquake proofing device a as for the method of treating the restraining.