Members of the Housewives Group in demonstration march
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- Members of the Housewives Group were marching along Hamamoto Street through the intersection of Shin-yotsukado. It might be after a rain because they are wearing rubber boots and carrying umbrellas. There were a gas station at the left, and food stands selling grilled chicken and Oden (a Japanese-style stewed dish) on the right. This scenery was rare at the time.
- A commercial building and a post office now stand in the place where the members of the Housewives Group once marched.
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.