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ID Code | EMATSUMOTO0010 |
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Title | Surviving weeping willows at Tsurumi Bridge |
Photographer | Eiichi Matsumoto |
Date | Between September 18 and 25, 1945 |
Location | Hijiyama-honmachi |
Distance from hypocenter | 1700meters |
Existence of phorographic nagatives | No |
Owner | Asahi Shimbun |
Custodian | Tokyo head office of Asahi Shimbun |
Description | Weeping willows survived at the foot of the east end of Tsurumi Bridge. Many people crossed this bridge and took refuge around Hijiyama hill. The willow on the right is alive even now and continues to put out new growth. |
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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