View of Minamata city and the Chisso Minamata factory
![](https://gkbn.kumagaku.ac.jp/minamata/wp-content/themes/minamata/image/marchives/konjyaku/main/past/past_95.jpg)
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- A full view of Chisso Minamata factory seen from the top of the mountain called Shinchiyama in Yamate-machi. Several chimneys are issuing smoke.
- A view of Chisso Minamata Factory seen from the top of the mountain called Shinchiyama in Yamate-cho at present.
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.