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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code NG134-01
Creator Takashi Nagara
Age at the Time 11
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 3,050m
Location Koi, Kusatsu areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 23×27
Description Something shiny falling

3,050 m from the hypocenter, Koi Elementary Schoolyard, Koi-machi (now, Koi-ue 2-chome)
August 6, 1945, 8:12 a.m.
Takashi Nagara (11 at the time of the bombing, 68 when he drew this picture)

Artist's explanation
About 8:12 a.m., August 6, we gathered in the schoolyard of Koi Elementary School.
Air-raid alert siren.
One B29 flew into the sky.
Something shiny is falling down. I wonder what it is.

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