In 1895 , Taiwan was ceded to Japan in the Treaty of Shimonoseki . The 1906 Meishan earthquake devastated the entire city wall except the Eastern Gate . The Japanese authorities reconstructed the city . Industries and trades started to flourish . According to the census taken in 1904 , Kagi was the fourth most populous city in Taiwan , with a population of over twenty thousand
1906 Meishan earthquake
1906 Meishan earthquake
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