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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code NG013-10
Creator Masayoshi Takamoto
Age at the Time 19
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/9/12
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 4,500m
Location Yoshijima, Funairi, Kan-on areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 17.8×25.6
Description Hauling out and burying the body of a young girl student that had been floating in the river for over a month
Drawing and text / Masayoshi Takamoto
September 12, 1945
Near the mouth of the Tenmagawa River
"I really cried when I buried that girl. It was as if she were my own. I lit incense and prayed for her quick return to her mother. When I put my hands together in prayer, tears came again."
Excerpt from NHK Documentary

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