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| ID Code | SHAYASHI0036 |
|---|---|
| Title | From the rooftop of the Chugoku Shimbun new building looking east |
| Photographer | Shigeo Hayashi |
| Date | Between October 1 and 10, 1945 |
| Location | Kaminagarekawa-cho |
| Distance from hypocenter | 870meters |
| Existence of phorographic nagatives | Yes |
| Owner | Hiroshima City |
| Custodian | Film stored at Japan Photo Archive / Custodian: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
| Description | The burned down Nobori-cho National Elementary School is in the left center. To its rear are Kyobashi Bridge and Kyobashi River. From the right foreground, the Hiroshima branch of Japan Kangyo Bank, Hiroshima Higashi (East) Police Station, Inarimachi train bridge and Taisho Bridge. The street running vertically is for the Hiroshima Electric Railway’s streetcar tracks. The burned areas are, from the foreground: Nagarekawa-cho, Nobori-cho, Yamaguchi-cho, Iwamiya-cho, Kanayama-cho, Shimoyanagi-cho, Hashimoto-cho, Inari-machi and so on. In the left to the rear, the road which runs diagonally is Kyobashi Street (old Sanyo road, Saigoku Kaido). |
| Record of publication in literature, exhibition | Listed in Peace Database of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
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