Journey through Time and Space with the Shin-Nihon Chisso Labor Union

Policemen gathered at the back gate

Date
Aug. 9, 1962
Sept. 10, 2014
Address
1 Marushima-cho, Minamata City
  • 昔
  • 今
  • Policemen gathered on Marushima Street adjacent to Chisso. A woman on the left seems to be running away. Meanwhile, members of the second union try to go back to work.
  • Marushima Street adjacent to Chisso, where picketers and policemen once threatened each other, is now a quiet roadway lined with trees.
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.