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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code NG134-14
Creator Takashi Nagara
Age at the Time 11
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/10
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 3,700m
Location Koi, Kusatsu areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 23×27
Description Shrieking at the pain of rehabilitation

3,700 m from the hypocenter, Koi-machi (now, Koi-ue)
September-October 1945
Takashi Nagara (11 at the time of the bombing, 68 when he drew this picture)

Artist's explanation
In September, we got word that school was starting up. I had been bedridden, my legs immobilized. As I recovered, I found my legs had atrophied, so I could not walk. My parents' rehabilitation routine of stretching my legs was so painful I shrieked with the pain.

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