The 1923 Tokyo earthquake shattered people's confidence in brick construction. Steel and concrete as well as techniques that separated walls and pillars replaced brick as the main bearers of the weight of a structure. Unfortunately, this also meant that the well-ordered appearance of mortared bricks was lost.
一九二三年的東京大地震，震毀大家對磚造建築的信心，鋼筋混凝土以及牆與柱分離的技術，替代原先以磚牆承接建築重量的方式，但也同時喪失磚塊堆疊形式的秩序。