Shimura Kako Company photograph album of student protest
Scope and Contents
The spiral-bound photograph album contains thirty manila pages and fifty-three black and white photographs mounted in pairs. The Japanese title, "On Location Photos of Student Trespassing Incident," appears on a paper label affixed to the cover. Photographs of student protesters in hard hats and white scarves, factory workers, and police are taken at close range and in the midst of confrontation. Captions are handwritten in Japanese. On some photographs, red arrows and labels identify figures or provide additional commentary. One photograph is lost, but its detailed caption remains. Attached to the inside back cover is a printed envelope with the name, address, and phone number of the Shimura Kako Company.
Dates
- 1969
Creator
- Shimura Kako Company (Tokyo, Japan) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright.
Biographical / Historical
The photograph album appears to have been compiled by the company under protest, the Shimura Kako Company, or Shimura Chemical Corporation, a nickel factory in Tokyo, Japan in 1969. Described as a "student trespassing incident," the demonstration against air pollution and toxic waste from the mining and smelting of ores occurred at the height of the student protest movement and during the rise of the environmental movement in Japan and much of the world in the late 1960s.
Extent
1 Items (1 album)
Language of Materials
Japanese
Abstract
The photograph album contains thirty manila pages and fifty-three black and white photographs mounted in pairs. Photographs of student protesters in hard hats and white scarves, factory workers, and police are taken at close range and in the midst of confrontation. The album appears to have been compiled by the company under protest, the Shimura Kako Company, a nickel factory in Tokyo, Japan in 1969.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Brian Cassidy Bookseller in March 2020.
Physical Description
The photograph album measures 11.75 x 8.50 inches. Photographs measure 3.0 x 4.5 inches.
Processing Information
Processed by Brooke Shilling in October 2022.
Creator
- Shimura Kako Company (Tokyo, Japan) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Shimura Kako Company photograph album of student protest
- Author
- Brooke Shilling
- Date
- 2022 October
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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