Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Special Exhibition

New Arrivals Exhibit—Items donated in FY 2021—

Shirt that a father put on his severely burned son

Period: September 14, 2023 – February 27, 2024
Place:

Special Exhibition Room, East Building 1F,
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

Introduction
From atomic-bomb survivors and their bereaved families, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is still receiving donations of materials,
including items left behind by the deceased, which have carefully been preserved, as well as drawings depicting survivors’ experiences andphotographs showing the devastation of the atomic bombing.
This exhibition displays 150 items of 744 items that were donated between April 2021 and March 2022.
There is an atomic bomb survivor who has created many pictures of his own experience. He again painted a picture of his younger sister
who was exposed to the atomic bombing and died at the age of eight. “Why did my sister have only eight years to live?” The words written
on the painting express his deep sorrow for the loss of his sister.
The materials presented here provide us with various aspects of what the use of the atomic bomb has brought about.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

Hiroshima before the Atomic Bombing

Picture postcard “The Aioi Bridge and the T-shaped bridge (Hiroshima)”
Around November 1934 Sarugaku-cho Donated by Takanori Masuda
Looking toward the Aioi Bridge from Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall.
Shown on the right is the Hiroshima Chamber of Commerce and Industry building.

Workshop for children’s clothes thatwas held in Hiroshima Army
Clothing Depot
1932 Deshio-cho Hiroshima Army
Clothing Depot Donated by Yasuki Taba
Masaichi Tanaka, a technical officer at theHiroshima Army Clothing Depot,
travelled all over the country holding
workshops. This picture was included in
the photo album that Masaichi possessed,
and it gives a glimpse of the activities heldin the Clothing Depot.

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Looking toward Kawara-machi from around
Sumiyoshi Shrine
Around 1940 Kako-machi Photo by Kaichi Mita
Kaichi Mita who lived in Kawara-machi took this photoaround his house around 1940.

Flower train running at the Kamiya-cho intersection
May 25, 1926 Kamiya-cho

Commemorative picture postcard issued on the Showa
Industrial Exposition

Photo by Yonosuke Teshima Donated by Kikuko Teshima

1929 Donated by Noriyo Kunishige

This photo of the flower train, which ran in commemoration of the crown prince’s
visit to Hiroshima, was taken from the building located on the north of
Kamiya-cho intersection. Yonosuke Teshima, who took this photo, was a Noh
actor. He died in the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945, and even his remains
were not found.

From March 20 to May 13, 1929, the Showa Industrial
Exposition took place in the Western Drill Ground, Hijiyama
Park, and Moto-ujina to commemorate the creation of Greater
Hiroshima City through the incorporation of seven adjoining
towns and villages; it drew about 1.75 million visitors.

Some pages of the graduation
album of Hiroshima
Prefectural Commercial School
Around 1930
Donated by Michiko Segawa
On the day of the atomic bombing,Shunichi Segawa (then 32), an
official at the Hiroshima Prefectural
Office, had left his house in Takasu,
Furuta-machi for his office and is
still missing. Michiko (then 28), his
bereaved wife, had raised their fourchildren. These are some pages fromhis graduation album of Hiroshima
Prefectural Commercial School. The
album contains photos on the 15th
National Junior High School
Baseball Summer Championshipthat the school won.

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In front of the monkey cage in the Shima Hospital courtyard

At the front of Fujii Shokai & Co. in Nakajima-hondori Street

1933–1945 Saiku-machi Shima Hospital

1940-1941 Nakajima-hon-machi

Donated by Kazuhide Shima

Photo by Suejiro Fujii Donated by Masao Fujii

The atomic bomb exploded at an altitude of 600 meters above Shima
Hospital located at the center of Hiroshima City. Shima Hospital was
opened on August 31, 1933 by renovating the building of the telephone
section of the Hiroshima Post Office. Before the bombing, there was acage in the courtyard of Shima Hospital; five or six monkeys were kept
so that inpatients on the second floor could see them. Neighbors alsocame to see the monkeys.

This photo was taken in front of Fujii Shokai & Co., a sundries
store along Nakajima-hondori Street in Nakajima hon-machi. The
girl riding on the tricycle is Kazuko, older sister of Masao, thedonor, who is seen behind Kazuko. Their mother Tsukiwa isstanding at the front of the store. Suejiro, their father, who took
this photo, was exposed to the atomic bombing at his building
demolition worksite in Koami-cho; he was taken to Ono Army
Hospital but died on August 9.

Life during Wartime and the Atomic Bombing

Students at Hiroshima Jissen Girls High School and the money
collected by their fund-raising campaign for the military
aircraft donation

Group photo of an army unit taken in front of Hiroshima
Shokonsha Shrine

Around February 1944 Inokuchi Village, Saeki County

Donated by Toshio Toge

Hiroshima Jissen Girls High School Donated by Hisae Okamoto

On the back of the photo is a note “September 29, 1938 in front ofHiroshima Shokonsha Shrine. The second squad, first platoon,
Tsumazawa Corps.” Hiroshima Shokonsha Shrine was renamed
Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine in 1939.

From December 1943 to February 1944, a fund-raising campaign todonate military aircrafts to the navy was conducted by the students at
Hiroshima Jissen Girls High School, collecting 60,000 yen. The money
and the donation boxes they used for the campaign are placed in front of
the students.
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September 26, 1938 Moto-machi Hiroshima Shokonsha Shrine

A letter from a father received at the evacuation site

A letter from the donor’s older sister that became amementoMay 10, 1945 Donated by Kyosuke Fukuma
Kyosuke Fukuma (then 10), a fifth-year student at Kodo Elementary School, stayedin Sentokuji Temple in Tsudani Village, Yamagata County where he had been
evacuated. During that period, Kyosuke’s father, Ichiro, and mother, Hisako, sentletters and packages to Kyosuke many times. Kyosuke’s parents and siblings all
survived the bombing; he was reunited with his family in September.

April 28, 1945 Donated by Miyako Shimohara
Miyako Kawasaki (then 10), a fifth-year student at Kodo
Elementary School, had also been evacuated to Sentokuji
Temple. Miyako’s older sister, Hiroko (then 13), a secondyear student at Hiroshima First Municipal Girls HighSchool, was exposed to the atomic bombing at her building
demolition worksite in Kobiki-cho and went missing. Thisletter was sent to Miyako who was at her evacuation sitefrom Hiroko. Miyako has carefully kept this letter as apersonal amulet.

School bag
Donated by Masahito Maeoka
Shigeko Maeoka, a first-year student at Hiroshima First
Municipal Girls High School, was exposed to the atomic
bombing at her building demolition worksite in Kobiki-cho.
Although her father Kiso searched for her throughout the city
every day, Shigeko was never found. This school bag left behindby Shigeko was carefully kept by Kiyoko, Shigeko’s mother.

A picture which became a memento
Donated by Yoko Masumoto
Tomoko Sato (then 13), a second-year
student of Hiroshima First Municipal GirlsHigh School, was exposed to the atomic
bombing at her building demolition worksite
and went missing. Although her older
brother, Yoichi (then 16), desperately
searched for her, he had to give up since hestarted to lose his hair about two weeks after
the bombing. This picture was drawn by
Tomoko when she was in her fourth year ofelementary school. Children performing
gymnastics are drawn.
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A letter from Shunji Okada to his father, Miyoji
July 18, 1945 Donated by Masakatsu Takeyari
Shunji Okada (then 22) was an apprentice of the transport replacement unit of
Chugoku Military District. He was exposed to the atomic bombing in
Moto-machi, where the unit stationed, and suffered injuries to his head and burns
to his hands. He was taken to Hesaka Branch Hospital of the Hiroshima First
Army Hospital and received treatment there but died on August 14. This letter wassent from Shuji to Miyaji before he died.

Diary from days at the group evacuation site
Donated by Hideaki Nitta
The donor’s father, Kosaku Nitta (then 40), lost his
wife, Tameko (then 39), and his two sons, Takahiro(then 13) and Masaki (then 11), in the atomic
bombing. After losing three of his family members,
and being left on his own, Kosaku thought about
taking his own life; however, he asked himself, “If I
die, who would hold a memorial service for those whodied?” and decided to live on enduring his pain andsorrow. This is the diary written by Masaki during his
stay at the evacuation site.

A sample collected in Hiroshima by Kyoto Imperial University Survey Team
Donated by Masaru Shimizu
Sakae Shimizu (then 30), a member of the Bunsaku Arakatsu Laboratory at the Faculty of
Science of the Kyoto Imperial University, conducted his investigations in Hiroshima on
two occasions: on August 10 and 13-14, 1945. In the first investigation, he collected
samples from a dozen locations and brought them back to Kyoto. When he measured theradiation levels of those samples on the 12th, high levels of radiation were detected only inthe soil collected at the Western Drill Ground. Shimizu visited Hiroshima again and tooksamples from a hundred and several tens of locations in the city. After measuring thesesamples, Arakatsu reached the conclusion that what was dropped on Hiroshima was an
atomic bomb.

Military swords
Donated by Ayaho Suga
Yasuzo Suga (then 48), a paymaster officer assigned
to the army’s Fifth Division Headquarters, wasexposed to the atomic bombing while he wasworking at the army land on Futabayama Hill; hedied at a relief station at Nakayama Path where he
was taken. These swords held by Yasuzo on thatday were delivered by his subordinate to his family.
Yoshiko (then 39), Yasuzo’s wife, had taken goodcare of them.
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390 m from the hypocenter Zaimoku-cho Donated by Sumihisa Kato
Left in a safe at the house of Asa Kato (then 66) in Zaimoku-cho, this lunch box was
burned in the fire caused by the atomic bombing. Asa, who lived alone, is still missing.
In the lunch box were the metal frame of a clasp purse, personal seal, coins, burnt
documents, etc.

Wooden plate
Donated by Mitsuko Goto
Masutaro Yamasaki (then 54), who worked
for Chugoku Power Distribution Co., Ltd.,was exposed to the atomic bombing on thesecond floor of the company’s head office in
Ko-machi. Suffering injuries to his head, heescaped from the building using a rainwater
pipe. He found his second daughter, Satoko(then 13), a second-year student at
Hiroshima First Municipal Girls HighSchool, near the prefectural office where she
had been mobilized for building demolition
work, but she was badly injured. Carrying
Satoko on his back, Masutarou headed to his
relative’s house in Ushita-machi, but she
died on the way. This wooden plate was kept
by Masutaro and reads, “Masutaro Yamasaki,
Chairperson of the Tenjin Town Volunteer
Fighting Corp,” but the details are
unknown.

Letter describing the situation at the time of theatomic bombing
Donated by Tokiko Matsubayashi
Dr. Yasutaro Matsubayashi (then 54) was exposed to theatomic bombing at his house and clinic in Senda-machi
2-chome, and was thrown against a wall by the blast andtemporarily fainted, but regained consciousness at the callof his wife, Chiyo. Yasutaro had injuries to his left arm andhead but went outside to set up a temporary relief stationin an empty lot near the police station at the west end of
the Miyuki Bridge; he treated the injured there until thefire approached around noon. He later provided treatment
to atomic-bomb survivors for about two years in Okukaita
Village of Aki County, Yaga-machi, and other places. The
letter was written on August 7th and 8th and addressed tohis second daughter who lived in Fukuyama City.

Paulownia cabinet with glass fragments stuck on
the surface
2,500 m from the hypocenter Minami-machi 3-chome
Donated by Yasuki Taba
This cabinet was used by Tomiko Taba (then 19) when she
was exposed to the atomic bombing. It was in her house in
Minami-machi 3-chome on the day of the bombing.
Although her house was spared from the fire, the blast of theatomic bomb shattered the windows and caused the house toshift from its foundation. This cabinet has marks left by the
glass shards that were stuck, and some of them are actually
still there. When Tomiko got married and left home, shetook the cabinet; she used it for the rest of her life.
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Trousers and shirt
Private donation
Hiroshi Higaki (then 15), a second-year student at Hiroshima Municipal Junior High School was exposed to the atomic
bombing at his building demolition worksite 900 m from the hypocenter and suffered severe burns to his entire body. He
walked to the workplace of his father, Hyoichi, in Koi, but died there by the end of that day. These trousers worn by Hiroshi at
the time of the bombing were severely damaged. This shirt was put on Hiroshi by Hyoichi; blood and mercurochrome solution
stains are left on it.

Medical product used in the relief activities after the atomic bombing
Donated by Hironobu Imaoka
Mikie Imaoka (then 19, maiden name: Ogi) was enrolled at the Japanese Red
Cross Society Hospital, Hiroshima Branch, Relief Nurse Training Division in1942 and graduated from the division in March 1944. Then she was drafted andassigned to the 659th rescue team of Kamo Naval Hospital in Kurose Town,
Kamo County in July the same year. Although it is unknown at which hospital
she was working at the time of the atomic bombing, she entered the city ofHiroshima on August 7 and carried out the relief activities. This medical productwas used for burns by Mikie during her relief activities.

Nurses at Eba Branch Hospital of Hiroshima First
Army Hospital
April 6, 1943 Eba-machi Eba Branch Hospital of
Hiroshima First Army Hospital Donated by Sakae Ebisu
A rescue nurse of Japan Red Cross Society, Hisano Ebisu(then 23, maiden name: Koda) was working at Eba Branch
Hospital of Hiroshima First Army Hospital at the time of
the atomic bombing. She was engaged in the relief activitiesof the victims.

8Rulers
Donated by Takaaki Morikawa
Before the atomic bombing, the Morikawa family of four—Takaaki (then 6), his father, Yutaka (then 35), his mother,
Akiko (then 3), and his sister, Mikiko—lived at the Amagi Inn in Tenjin-machi, and then were evacuated to Yahata
Village in Saeki County in March 1945. On the day of the bombing, Takaaki, who was hospitalized for pneumonia in
Kochi Village, Saeki County, witnessed the flash of the bombing. The hospital windows were shattered, and pieces of theglass fell into the porridge his mother had prepared, making it inedible. These rulers belonged to Akiko.

A burnt nailDonated by Aiko Kumazawa
Masao Kodani (then 50) was exposed to the atomic bombing while he wasworking at the Hiroshima Branch Office, Civil Engineering Division, Hiroshima
Prefecture, which was located in the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion
Hall. Several days later, his wife, Komichi (then 50), and daughter, Shizuko (then19), tried to enter the hall to search for Masao; however, they could not find his
ashes nor belongings since embers were still smoldering. This nail, which was
found by Masao’s coworker at around the place where Masao had been seated, wasdelivered to his family on August 15.

Priest’s robe
Donated by Shigeko Onishi
Mitsuzen Onishi (then 41), the chief priest of Anrakuin Temple, was exposed to the atomic bombing while he washeading toward Hijiyama by bicycle. He was taken to the relief station on Ninoshima Island but died there on August
10. Five of the Onishi family, Mitsuzen; Mitsuzen’s wife, Shizuko (then 36); their second daughter, Tokie (then 12);the third son, Toshio (then 4); and the third daughter, Sachiyo (then 144 days) died in the atomic bombing.
This priest’s robe belonged to Mitsuzen and has been kept by his oldest son, Yoshio (then 10), who had been evacuatedto an area in northern Hiroshima Prefecture at the time of the bombing.
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Father’s military uniform
Donated by Keiji Kubota
Katsuto Kubota (then 31) was assigned
to an army unit in Otake Town, Saeki
County, but was exposed to the atomic
bombing in the army lodgment in
Moto-machi, Hiroshima City while hewas staying for business. His wife, Ikue
(then 25), was also exposed to thebombing at the location where she had
been mobilized and died on August 10.
Keiji (then 2) and his sister (then 5) wereleft and raised by their grandparents.
This military uniform had been kept as amemento of Katsuto. Keiji received itfrom his grandmother when he became
20 years old.

HairpinDonated by Shuji Kajiyama and Reiko Saito
Haru Kajiyama (then 61) was believed to have been exposed to the atomic bombing at
her building demolition worksite in Zakoba-cho and Kokutaiji-machi, where she had
been mobilized. Although the body of Haru was not found, it was confirmed that her
name was listed in wrong characters in the Peace Memorial Park’s “List of Remains in
the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound,” which houses the remains of the identified but
unclaimed bodies of the atomic-bomb victims. The urn containing her remains was
returned to her family on October 24, 2021. Other than the remains, the urn contained
hairpins, a lock of the deceased’s hair, and a slip of paper with the name “Kajiyama
Haru.” All items except the remains were donated to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Museum.

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A letter to the family in Manchuria

Deformed glass bottle

Donated by Shuji Kajiyama and Reiko Saito

Donated by Noriyo Kunishige

Haru Kajiyama’s granddaughter, Hatsue Kajiyama (then 13), a second-year
student at Yamanaka Girls High School attached to Hiroshima Women’s
Higher School of Education, was believed to have been exposed to the atomic
bombing at her building demolition worksite in Zakoba-cho, and she is still
missing. Around 1944, Hatsue’s family was moved to Manchuria, leaving
Hatsue and Haru in Hiroshima. This letter was written to her family living in
Manchuria.Some letters are blurred by the tears of Takiko, her mother,which she shed while reading this letter.

Hirotoshi Kunishige (then 24) was exposed to the atomic
bombing at Mitaki Branch Hospital of the Hiroshima
Second Army Hospital, where he was admitted as a disabled
soldier. He was injured by shattered window glass shards thatstuck into all over his body. He recovered after treatment,
and was discharged in mid-September. This glass bottle waspicked up by Hirotoshi in Kawaya-cho after the war.

Order of the Golden Kite
3,800 m from the hypocenter
Ushita-machi
Donated by Tsugiko Hataguchi
Sakae Kanagura (then 36) was believed tohave been at home when the atomic
bomb was dropped. On the 7th, thefollowing day, he entered the city center
to search for his acquaintances. Sakae
received this medal for his service as areplacement soldier in the second
Sino-Japanese War from 1939 till 1941.

Disaster certificate
Donated by Kiyoshi Harada

Soldier’s ID notebook and collar patch

This is the disaster certificate of the family of
Sadaichi Harada (then 40), who lived in
Kusunoki-cho 4-chome. Sadaichi was exposed to theatomic bombing during the morning assembly at thefoot of the Tsurumi Bridge, where he was called forbuilding demolition work. Suffering severe burns, he
was taken to a relief station. Sadaichi’s wife, Yoshie(then 29), was exposed to the bombing at the needle
factory, her workplace near their house, but had no
injuries. Once, she fled to Gono Village, Takata
County, where Sadaichi’s parents lived, but then she
borrowed a two-wheeled cart and reentered
Hiroshima City with it; she found Sadaichi at therelief station in Ujina and took him back by cart toGono Village, where he recovered in later days.

Donated by Fusako Yamashita
Kazuma Hidani (then 22), a soldier in the transport replacement unit of Chugoku Military District, escaped the direct
hit of the atomic bombing since he was in the training field in Umaki, Fukuki Village, Asa County. Other thanproviding medical treatment to victims who had escaped from the city, he entered the city center from the day of thebombing to join the main unit carrying out relief activities. Commuting between the city center and Umaki, he
continued rescuing people for about a week to 10 days. After that, the unit moved to Kabe Town, Asa County, where hedealt with the remaining work until October. This soldier’s ID notebook and collar patch had been kept by Kazuma.

Kanzashi (Ornament hairpins)
Donated by Kunihiko Iida
Toshiko Iida (then 25) was exposed to the atomic bombing
together with her daughter Makiko (then 4) and her son
Kunihiko (then 3) when she was at her parents’ house in
Kako-machi, less than 1,000 meters from the hypocenter.
They managed to take refuge and moved to their relative’s
home in Yamagata County, where they were nursed. Due tothe radiation exposure, they developed hair loss,
discoloration of skin, fever, bloody stools, and nosebleeds.
Makiko died on September 4, and on the 5th, the following
day, Toshiko died, leaving her last words, “You don’t haveto be so nice to me. Just let me die.” These kanzashi(ornamental hairpins) were worn by Toshiko at her wedding
ceremony in 1940. They escaped the bombing since they had
been relocated to their evacuation site.
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A dollDonated by James Knowles

Donated by Larry Bonds

Ralph Knowles, who served in the Royal Navy, visited Hiroshima
after the atomic bombing and took a couple of photographs and aceramic tile that he had found in the ruins. Ralph was saying that
he picked it up because “It was one of the only things I saw thatwas still in one piece.”

Joseph F. Bonds (then 21), who served in the U.S. Army, stayed in
Hiroshima from October 1945 to January 1946. This doll wascollected by Joseph while he was staying in Hiroshima.

Materials Collected after the War
Materials about individuals related to Yutani Heavy
Industries, Ltd. who died in the atomic bombing
Donated by Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
Yutani Heavy Industries, Ltd., located in Gion Town, Asa
County, had sent their workers as a workplace volunteer
citizen corps to Tenjin-machi, Hiroshima City, to be engaged
in building demolition work there. The corps was assigned todemolish 20 buildings. 19 of them had been demolished byAugust 5, and on the 6th, 161 workers were sent out todemolish the last building; all of them were killed in thebombing. These materials are the family registers of deaths,
personal details, name list, etc. of the workers and mobilized
students who died in the bombing.

Looking north-northeast from around Hiroshima
Post Office in Saiku-machi
Saiku-machi Donated by Dianne Burtina
Shown in this photo is the collapsed building of Hiroshima
Post Office. In the middle right, debris around the entranceof the Shima Hospital, the hypocenter, is visible.

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Looking north-northwest from the new wing of the Chugoku
Shimbun building
Around March 1946 Kami-nagarekawa-cho
Donated by Hiroyuki Yoshiyama

Big camphor tree in Kokutaiji Temple
Around 1946 Ko-machi
Photo by Takayoshi Onuma Donated by Keiji Kubota
This is the big camphor tree in Kokutaiji Temple. Shown on the rightbehind the tree is Hiroshima Branch of the Bank of Japan.

Looking southeast from the Aioi Bridge
Around winter 1945 to 1946 Aioi Bridge Donated by Nobuyuki Miyake
This photo was taken from the Aioi Bridge toward the southeast. From
the right, the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, JapanRed Cross Hiroshima Branch, and Fukuya Department Store can be seen.

Kiyoshi Kikkawa’s souvenir shop near the Atomic Bomb Dome
Around 1952 to 1953 Ptivate donation

Heiwa-ohashi Bridge
Around 1952 Photo taken and donated by Kanichi Yamada
The Heiwa-ohashi Bridge was designed by Isamu Noguchi, a sculptor
from the U.S. and was completed in March 1952.
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum that finished the first renewal of its permanent exhibition
July 31, 1975 Photo taken and donated by Yoshiaki Yokota
Yoshiaki Yokota, the first curator of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, took these photographs of the permanent exhibition room of the Main
Building on the day before the reopening of the exhibition that had finished its first renewal.

Former students from Southeast Asia who
were invited to Japan to commemorate the50th anniversary of the atomic bombing
August 6, 1995
At the monument of Konan Dormitory
Photo taken and donated by Yukio Hayakawa
From the left, Hasan Rahaya (Java), Sam Suhaedi(Java), Maung Win Kyu (Burma), Toshio Hanaoka(student at Hiroshima University of Literature andScience), Abdul Razak (Malay), Pengiran Yusuf(North Borneo), Virgilio de los Santos(Philippines), Halim Abubakar (Philippines), andSjarif Adil Sagala (Sumatra)

Drawings by A-bomb Survivors

The man lying beside me at the relief station
Night, August 7, 1945
Taibi, Saka Town, Aki County
Drawn and donated by Minoru Ozaki(13 years old at the time of the bombing, 89 years old at the time of drawing)[Artist’s comments]
As soon as the man saw me, he asked, “How old areyou?” “What junior high school do you go to?” I justnodded, but suddenly he shouted, “Taro! Come over
here! It's your father!” While I was in confusion, hebecame silent.
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My little sister who died in the atomic bombing
Drawn and donated by Minoru Ozaki(13 years old at the time of the bombing, 89 years old at the time of drawing)[Artist’s comments]
Why did my sister have only eight years to live?
In early 1945, my younger sister and our second older brother,
Kensuke, were evacuated to our grandmother's house in Hesaka
Village, Aki County, our father’s hometown.
In March, Kensuke joined the group evacuation for students at
Nakajima Elementary School, leaving my sister alone.
Thinking that she would be lonely by herself, my mother brought
her back to our house in Ote-machi 8-chome, Hiroshima, in late
July so that she could spend time with family (mother,
grandmother, older sister, and oldest brother) at least during thesummer vacation.
[...] On August 6, 1945, the war wiped out the lives of many
innocent boys and girls with a deadly weapon called an atomic
bomb. What an absolute cruelty! I have no words to express my
deep regret.
*Some part of the image is processed.

The photographer taking photos at the west end of the Miyuki
BridgeAround 11 a.m., August 6, 1945 Miyuki Bridge
Drawn and donated by Seigo Nishioka(13 years old at the time of the bombing, 89 years old at the time of drawing)[Artist’s comments]
I stood by the police station at the west end of the Miyuki Bridge,
looking vacantly toward the streetcar road.
At that moment, a man in military uniform with a camera suddenly
appeared from my right. I thought he was a spy because he was ina military uniform but had no rank insignia. People nearby started tosay, “He's a spy,” “We must call a policeman...” “Call the military
police...”; it was becoming a big fuss.
The man with the camera looked through the viewfinder and looked
at us repeatedly a few times, but then he walked away hurriedlywith a sad face. It was for about a minute that I saw him.

The night sky of August 6. The sky was split into two.
Night, August 6, 1945

Drawn by Chieko Kiriake(15 years old at the time of the bombing, 91 years old at the time of drawing)

Donated by Yuji Sumi, Director of Hiroshima Municipal
Nagatsuka Junior High School[Artist’s comments]
This is a memory of the sky when I slept outside after myhouse was destroyed by the atomic bombing.
The sky over Hiroshima was clearly split into two. The sky
in the northwest was burning red like blood.
The sky in the southeast was full of stars; there werecountless shooting stars.
I remember looking at the shooting stars in tears,
wondering if the souls of the dead were rising to heaven.
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Special Exhibition:
New Arrivals Exhibit—Items donated in FY 2021—
Period: September 14, 2023 – February 27, 2024
Place: Special Exhibition Room, East Building 1F, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
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contained in urn with ashes Donated by Shuji Kajiyama and Reiko Saito
Minoru Ozaki ⑥ Lunch box left in safe Donated by Sumihisa Kato

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