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ID Code 3504-0033
Artifact Name Burnt card case
Donor Kawamoto Shusaku
Receiving Date 2001/09/13
Size (W×H×D) (mm)
Distance from the Hypocenter(m) 600
Number
Location Yoshijima, Funairi, Kan-on areas
Description Donated by Shusaku Kawamoto
On August 7, Haruzo (then, 40) and Mitsu (then, 38), the father and mother of Itsuyoshi Kawamoto (then, 13), a student in Class 6 of the seventh grade, found their son near his building demolition work site. He had died in the air-raid posture he had been taught, crouched forward with his hands covering his eyes and ears. His legs were burned off below the knee and his whole body was so disfigured that they could recognize him only by the unburned parts of his name tag. Haruzo and Mitsu cremated their son and took his ashes home.

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