num_pages: 24
description: A pictorial and narrative account of the perpetrators and victims of methyl-mercury poisoning in the fishing and farming town of Minamata, Japan, chronicling the long struggle of the stricken to obtain indemnities from the Chisso Corporation.
language: English
title: Minamata
titlecomplete: Minamata
genres: History, Japan, Photography, Medicine, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 55
places: Japan
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Contemporary Affairs
publisher: Center for Creative Photography