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ID Code 3402-0004
Artifact Name Briefcase
Donor Taka Matsui
Receiving Date 1983/07/19
Size (W×H×D) (mm) 215×75×195
Distance from the Hypocenter(m) 550
Number 1
Location Yoshijima, Funairi, Kan-on areas
Description Taka Matsui's (then,47) husband Fukuichi (then, 53), mobilized from his workplace, was on his way to a building demolition work site when he was exposed to the bomb. Taka searched desperately but futilely for her husband. This briefcase was returned to his company and identified by the name Matsui written on the back. The part which held his aluminum lunch box burned in the fires. For the family, Fukuichi's briefcase took the place of the remains that were never found.

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