| ID Code | 3506-0033 |
|---|---|
| Artifact Name | Name Tag |
| Donor | Hirakawa Toshiharu |
| Receiving Date | 2001/08/06 |
| Size (W×H×D) (mm) | 30×45 |
| Distance from the Hypocenter(m) | 800 |
| Number | 1 |
| Location | Moto-machi, Hakushima areas |
| Description | Masayuki Shiratsuki, a 12-year-old student at Sotoku Junior Highschool,was exposed as a student mobilized for building demo-lition in the Hatchobori area.His father,Genkichi(then,51),who heard that Masayuki had taken refuge in Gion-cho,rushed to the spot.He found masayuki with the skin peeling off his burnt uppertorso,but singing a song.Genkichis tender care could not pre-vent Masayuki's death on August 9.Father cremated son on the riverbank. |