Picketers taking a rest
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- Picketers were taking a quick rest on the path near the main gate of Chisso. Some other people were taking a nap on the bridge over the drainage ditch.
- Showa Kaikan seen from the main gate of Chisso. The bridge where the picketers once took a nap is replaced with a sturdier one.
Reference sources
- The Edo Period:
The Picture Map of Ashikita-gun, Collection of Kumamoto Gakuen University Library, the late Edo Period. - The Meiji Period:
The Japanese National Atlas at the end of Edo Period and in the Meiji Period, Kashiwa Shobo, Collection of Kumamoto Gakuen University Library, 1983.