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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code NG299-06
Creator Kichisuke Yoshimura
Age at the Time 18
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 4,000m
Location Ushita, Hiroshima Station areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 40.3×58.5
Description Injured, like creatures from another world

4,000 m from the hypocenter, Yaga-machi (now, Yaga 5-chome)
August 6, 1945, about 10 a.m.
Kichisuke Yoshimura (18 at the time of the bombing, 75 when he drew this picture)

Artist's explanation
Covered with blood, trudging silently away like ghosts from the city, the injured looked like creatures from another world.

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