Coal Face in the Mid-Meiji Era: Cutting through the Fault
1958 - 1963

Meiji Chuki no Saitan Kiriha: Danso Kirinuki Kusshin
[Coal Face in the Mid-Meiji Era: Cutting through the Fault]
21.2 x 30.3 cm Ink Painting

In the mid-Meiji era (1868-1912), dynamite was not used for blasting coalfaces and faults were cut through only by pickax.

Lyrics of "Gotton Bushi" Song
Iyo no kanayama kane fuku oto wa
kikoemasu zo e Matsuyama ni.
Dokkoi! Dokkoi!

The sound of bellows at the copper mine in Iyo
can be heard in the faraway town of Matsuyama.
Dokkoi! Dokkoi! (Interjected chants)

The long ear-pick-shaped stick for scraping out cuttings was called a kyuren.


Translation Assisted by Mr. Nathan Johndro

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