| ID Code | EMATSUMOTO0006 |
|---|---|
| Title | Motoyasu Bridge, looking toward the hypocenter |
| Photographer | Eiichi Matsumoto |
| Date | Between September 18 and 25, 1945 |
| Location | Nakajima-honmachi |
| Distance from hypocenter | 130meters |
| Existence of phorographic nagatives | No |
| Owner | Asahi Shimbun |
| Custodian | Tokyo head office of Asahi Shimbun |
| Description | View from the west end of Motoyasu Bridge, looking over the Motoyasu River toward Shima Hospital, the hypocenter. The bridge beams withstood the bombing, but all the railings fell into the river. The cap stones on top of the main beams were shifted in opposite directions, and, based on this, the hypocenter was estimated to be located at a point directly beyond Motoyasu Bridge. |
| Record of publication in literature, exhibition | "Exhibit of Photographs by Hajime Miyatake and Eiichi Matsumoto -- Hiroshima after the Atomic Bombing" (2005), special exhibit at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
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