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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code SG-0340
Creator Torao Izuhara
Age at the Time 23
Donor Torao Izuhara
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 610m
Location Peace Memorial Park vicinity
Size (H×W) (cm) 55.2×45.7
Description Hiroshima urban area 1.5 seconds after the A-bomb explosion
Drawn by Torao Izuhara
August 6, 1945, 8:15 a.m.
Approx. 610m from the hypocenter Riverside of the Otagawa River
Artist's comments:
“A red fireball was said to have been seen when the atomic bomb exploded, but I didn't see that. When I looked outside the window, with the room flashing like a present-day strobe light, I just saw a red fire disk flying at about 100 meters, trailing black smoke, which then disappeared beyond the roof of a two-story house.”

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