| ID Code | 3101-0080 |
|---|---|
| Artifact Name | Blouse |
| Donor | Tokuo Omoto |
| Receiving Date | 1973/06/22 |
| Size (W×H×D) (mm) | 510×570 |
| Distance from the Hypocenter(m) | 1710 |
| Number | 1 |
| Location | Hijiyama, Niho areas |
| Description | Toshiko Omoto 17 years old at the time Girls Volunteer Corps Exposed to the bomb at Hijiyama Bridge, 1,710m from the hypocenter Toshiko's blouse Donated by Tokuo Omoto Her mother had sewn this for Toshiko using cloth from her father's yukata. The front and the splash patterns are burned away. The remaining white parts are where the burn ointment was applied. Toshiko Omoto was exposed to the bombing on a bridge with three or four friends, while they were headed for their building demolition work site. When she failed to return home, her father and younger brother Hisao became worried. The next day, they started searching for her. When her father found her on the 14th, the front of her body was severely burned, she had lost her hair and ears, and both her eyeballs were bulging out. She was so disfigured that it was only by her voice that he recognized his own child. Toshiko's body was crawling with endless numbers of maggots. Hisao says that she said, "Nobody will marry Hisao if I'm there, now that I'm like a devil in appearance. I must die, for the Omoto family's sake." There was no ointment, so her mother made a paste of ground cucumbers in flour, and smeared it over Toshiko's body. When it was peeled away, it seems to have hurt Toshiko very much, and she shrieked continually every day until she passed away on October 2. Her screaming scared Hisao so much that he was unable to go near her, and this still grieves him today when he introspects. |