The back gate of Chisso
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- Picketers gathered in front of the Chisso back gate. The audience watching the gathering includes a man with cropped hair, who looks like a student.
- The road in front of the back gate is now well-paved. Its sidewalks are tiled and trees are planted at regular intervals along the road.
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.