“Please rest in peace, Mr. Matunaga”
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- A banner for Mr. Kihachiro Matsunaga (an organizer of Mitsui Chemicals Labor Union) who was killed in at accident involving a sound truck on July 9, 1962. A memorial service was held the following day, and a joint funeral two days later. Behind the banner stood the headquarters of Shin-Nihon Chisso Labor Union.
- The site where the headquarters of Shin-Nihon Chisso Labor Union used to be is now vacant. On the left rear is a building of NTT.
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.