| ID Code | 3301-0033 |
|---|---|
| Artifact Name | Leather Shoes |
| Donor | Yasuko YOKOTA |
| Receiving Date | 2010/07/02 |
| Size (W×H×D) (mm) | 110×150×260 |
| Distance from the Hypocenter(m) | 800 |
| Number | 2 |
| Location | Kanayama, Nobori areas |
| Description | Older brother's leather shoes Donated by Yasuko Yokota 800m from the hypocenter Hatchobori Toshiyuki Yokota (then, 14) was a second year student at Sotoku Junior High School. He was helping building demolition as a mobilized student in the Hatchobori area when the atomic bomb was dropped. Although he suffered burns all over his body, he was determined to go home, and continued to walk along the river. Helped by a teacher that he knew, whom he met along the way, he reached his home in the northern part of Hiroshima City. He had serious burns all over his body except for the parts that were covered by his hat, underwear and gaiters. His younger sister Yasuko (then, 10) worked hard to remove the maggots that were festering in his wounds, and his mother Akimi and his aunt sacrificed their sleep to look after him. However, on August 9 Toshiyuki bore through the pain and passed away. These shoes, which he was wearing when the bomb hit, had had the soles reinforced for building demolition work. Comment from younger sister Yasuko: When my older brother returned home he was completely black, his face was swollen, he could not see, and burned skin was hanging down from his arms, which were stuck straight out in front of him. Asked to take off his shoes, our aunt tried to take his shoes off, but because his whole body was swollen up from the burns, it was very difficult to take the shoes off, and my brother seemed to be in great pain. My mother cut away the skin that was hanging down, but we did not even have any ointment for him. When my brother sat down on the threshold of the storeroom, put on his gaiters, said goodbye and left on the morning of August 6, this became the last time that I saw my brother alive. |