| ID Code | EMATSUMOTO0001 |
|---|---|
| Title | Canna lilies blooming among the ashes |
| Photographer | Eiichi Matsumoto |
| Date | Between September 18 and 25, 1945 |
| Location | Motomachi |
| Distance from hypocenter | 820meters |
| Existence of phorographic nagatives | No |
| Owner | Asahi Shimbun |
| Custodian | Tokyo head office of Asahi Shimbun |
| Description | Canna lilies bloomed in the burnt ruins of the Chugoku Military District Artillery Reserve. Below the lilies, containers probably used by soldiers were melted by the bomb’s intense heat and fused together. Eiichi Matsumoto, who took the photo, said, “I had a strange feeling and involuntarily snapped the shutter” because it was said that “nothing would grow in Hiroshima for 75 years.” |
| Record of publication in literature, exhibition | On display at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
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