Tanaka
Shozo Portrait
Sakura
Sogo's and Tanaka 's Appeals
Text
of Tanaka's Appeal
Ashio
Pollution Map
Polluted
Yanaka Village Field
Yanaka
Shack Life
Ashio
and Yanaka Today |
Woodblock
print of Sakura
Sogo's appeal to the Shogun on
behalf of the peasants of Shimosa
(1652) based on a kabuki play—
one of the only kabuki plays
to feature a commoner hero.
Source:
Tanaka Shozo to sono jidai: tenno jikiso hyaku nen shunen
Tanaka
Shozo's reenactment of Sakura Sogo in an appeal
to the Emperor
on behalf of the Ashio Copper Mine victims on
10 Dec 1901. This newspaper
sketch of the event published the
next day 11 Dec 1901 shows Tanaka
being grabbed by police
before reaching the Imperial carriage. The
Emperor had just
finished convening the 16th Diet, a body fromwhich
Tanaka had
recently retired.
Source:
Tanaka Shozo to sono jidai: tenno jikiso hyaku nen shunen
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