Comment by the artist / 作家コメント
※The villages of Gaijima and Kawabe, located downstream of the Watase River, were designated for abandonment and conversion into flood control ponds as part of measures against mining pollution. However, the villagers united and resisted by refusing military service and taxes, ultimately securing the cancellation of the abandonment plan.
※渡瀬川下流の鉱毒被害地、外島村、川辺村は鉱毒対策として廃村し遊水池されることが決まった。しかし両村民は団結し兵役拒否と納税拒否を抵抗し廃村中止を勝ち取った。