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The book "The Crimson Sky and..." is a photo collection documenting the student struggles that took place at Waseda University from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. The second Waseda struggle, which occurred at the end of the 1960s, was sparked by issues such as tuition fee increases and the management of a newly constructed student union building. The student movement included ordinary students who had not been involved in political activities, leading them to call themselves the Zengakuren (All-Japan Federation of Student Self-Government Associations) and to use force, such as barricading school buildings, making it a precursor to the subsequent university conflicts and the Zengakuren movement. The second Waseda struggle itself was mainly carried out by a non-sectarian group called the Anti-War Alliance, which may have had connections to the publisher of this book, "Eizo Hansen Shuppankyoku" (Image Anti-War Publishing Bureau). Although the book does not credit the photographer, the illustrations and layout are excellent. The nocturnal battle scenes, captured with coarse grain, are blurred and out of focus, yet combined with their sense of immediacy, create dynamic images that can only be captured in that moment. (From The Japanese Photobook 1912–1990)