A brass band encouraging picketers in front of the back gate
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- A brass band encouraging the picketers gathered in front of the back gate of Chisso. Children are watching their performance with curiousity. Yajiroyama mountain can be seen in the background.
- The present scenery in front of the back gate. There used to be brave picketers and the brass band encouraging them.
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.