This print is dedicated to Onchi's friend of 20 years, famous modern Japanese poet Hagiwara Sakutarō. It was created one year after Hagiwara's death in 1942. In this print, Onchi illuminates the life-long hard work and anguish that Hagiwara endured…
There are many repetitions and multiplications in this painting. Waves are flowing like water that washes away or traps the figures with glasses. Steps and waves are the motifs that Nakamura repeatedly applies.
Here Nakamura depicted the protest against the expansion of the US military base in Tachikawa. The most violent incident during the protest is remembered as Sunagawa Struggle on May 4, 1955, which is the subject of this painting.