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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code NG003
Creator Tomomi Yamashina
Age at the Time 16
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 3,600m
Location Yoshijima, Funairi, Kan-on areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 10×14.8
Description A-bomb Drawings by Survivors
[Artist's comments]Excerpted
Weakly writhing
The whole body was so deeply charred that the gender was unrecognizable―yet the person was weakly writhing. I had to avert my eyes from the unbearable sight, but it entrenched itself in my memory for the rest of my life.
August 6, morning
3,600m / in front of the Hiroshima First Army Hospital, Eba Branch
Tomomi Yamashina

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