| ID Code | 3301-0034 |
|---|---|
| Artifact Name | Shoes |
| Donor | Yoshitaka KONO |
| Receiving Date | 2012/08/01 |
| Size (W×H×D) (mm) | 270×90×150 |
| Distance from the Hypocenter(m) | 800ｍ |
| Number | 1 |
| Location | Moto-machi, Hakushima areas |
| Description | Shoes Donated by Yoshitaka Kono Approx. 800m from the hypocenter Hatchobori Masayoshi Kono (then, 14), the donor's older brother, was a second-year student at Sotoku Junior High School who had been mobilized to take part in demolition work. He experienced the atomic bombing from his work site near Hatchobori. His father, Soichi, spent every day looking for him, and found him a few days after the bombing at Hesaka Elementary School. Soichi brought him home, where his mother, Mineyo, looked after him around the clock. Unable to move at all, Masayoshi begged continuously for water, but the water was said to have been contaminated. He died on August 12 without having been given anything to drink. Perhaps Mineyo had always lamented the fact that she couldn't give him water because every morning she placed an offering of water on the Buddhist altar. Until her death in 2011, she preserved these shoes which he was wearing on the day of the bombing. |