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| ID Code | SHAYASHI0136 |
|---|---|
| Title | Downstream from Motoyasu Bridge, Nakajima-honmachi, looking south |
| Photographer | Shigeo Hayashi |
| Date | Between October 1 and 10, 1945 |
| Location | Nakajima-honmachi |
| Distance from hypocenter | 160meters |
| Existence of phorographic nagatives | Yes |
| Owner | Hiroshima City |
| Custodian | Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
| Description | Downstream, on the west side of Motoyasu Bridge in Nakajima-honmachi. From the left: the Hiroshima branch of Hiroshima Prefectural Nogyokai (present-day Japan Agricultural Cooperatives); Chugoku Haiden’s head office; Hiroshima City Asano Library; Hiroshima City Hall; Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital, and Chugoku Haiden’s Otemachi substation. Four U.S. carrier-based Grumman fighter bombers are flying overhead. In the rear are Kanawajima Island, Etajima Island, Ninoshima Island and so on. The burned area in the foreground is Nakajima-honmachi. On the left side, near the riverbank are the ruins of Sakura yu, a public bath. The short wall to the right side is the ruined Harada Surgery building. |
| Record of publication in literature, exhibition | Listed in the “Peace Database” of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum website |
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