Mao Ishikawa, “Ms. Kim Manri (54) An artistic director of Performance Troupe 'TAIHEN' December 7, 2007, Osaka City, Osaka”, from the series Here Is What the Japanese Flag Means to Me, ©Mao Ishikawa.

Manri is a seriously disabled person whose whole body under the neck is paralyzed due to polio. “There is an expression, 'The white of the Rising-Sun flag is the bone of the masses and the red is blood.’ That’s it. I am opposed to cruel wars, but we still have to watch brutality among human beings. I felt sad after the performance. I do not want to see the Rising-Sun flag nor do I want to touch it.”