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Title	Hiroshima: Peace Memorial Museum, Art by Survivors, 10 -- "Mother burned black covering her baby under her chest."
Description	" Mother burned black covering her baby under her chest." -- Explanation by Artist: "She was lying in the middle of the road, where she had died trying to get away carrying her child. Her hair was standing on end and her baby was under her chest, as if still alive. Her eyes were wide open, I still can't forget that shocking sight."The scene depicted ws 1,000 meters from the hypocenter, in front of Hiroshima Central Broadcasting Station, Kaminagarekawa-cho (now Nobori-cho). Artist was 30 at the time of the bombing, 60 when she drew this picture.
Country	Japan
Historical Period	Japan - Showa 1926 - 1989
Date of Content	1975
Artist/Creator	Taguchi, Mitsuko
Photographer/Recorder	Thiedeman, Michael
IDEAS Topic	People
Subject	Atomic Bomb--Hiroshima; Atomic bomb--Atomic bomb victims
Associated Places	Chugoku (region) Hiroshima (prefecture) Hiroshima (inhabited place)
Work of Art, Present Location	Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Type	Still image
Format	Image/jpeg
Extent	1200 w x 938 h, 150 ppi
Date Photographed/Recorded	20005-11-27
Permissions	Materials may by used for educational, non-commercial purposes only, in accordance with Fair Use policies. Acknowledgement to be given to the IDEAS Project, Earlham College, and to the Peace Memorial Museum of Hiroshima.
IDEAS Collection	Earlham College Asian Cultures Collection
Institution Name	Earlham College
IDEAS Identifier	ecasia000758
Collection Editor	Thiedeman, Michael
Notes	Editorial assistant: Marcus Davis. Collection Librarian: Amy Bryant. Please send comments or content corrections to Michael Thiedeman, Department of Art, Earlham College, Richmond IN. 47374, USA. email address: thiedemi@earlham.edu

Hiroshima: Peace Memorial Museum, Art by Survivors, 10 -- "Mother burned black covering her baby under her chest."

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