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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code NG278-01
Creator Takeshi Yashima
Age at the Time 16
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 2,300m
Location Minami, Ujina areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 23.5×33
Description My first night sleeping outside
August 6, 1945, night
Takeshi Yashima (16 at time of bombing, 73 at time of drawing)
[Notes from the artist]
We ended up going to my maternal grandparents' home. My grandfather made a bed for us in a nearby field by speading out a straw mat, laying out some bedding, and putting up a mosquito net. It was my first time sleeping outside. The night sky was dyed red by the fires still raging in the west.

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