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@Sci_Phile "Radiation creates superheroes in America and monsters in Japan" In the 1970 Japanese broadcaster requested Hiroshima survivors submit their art, depicting their memories and trauma from that day.
Haruo Ikegame. There was a long line of people fleeing, crying for water and thrusting their arms forward. On the side exposed to the flash, their clothes were tattered, their bodies burned red and festering, their skin peeled back and hanging in shreds.
Yoshiko Michitsuji. In the sea of fire.
Matsumuro Kazuo. To prevent their red, exposed flesh from sticking, people thrust their arms in front of them like ghosts. Their skin, like the thin skin of potato, hung from the fingernails, where it was still attached.
Kichisuke Yoshimura. Their clothes ripped to shreds, their skin hanging down. On the riverbank I saw figures that seemed to be from another world. Ghost-like, their hair falling over their faces, their clothes ripped to shreds, their skin hanging.
Akiko Takakura. Black, black rain. Huge drops. People with injuries and burns. The ones still living craned their faces to the sky and opened their mouths wide to catch the drops. Hot bodies, so very hot, like balls of fire－they wanted water.
Masato Yamashita. Younger Brother Who Died while Vomiting Blood
Masato Yamashita. A girl had died in the Enkogawa riverbed with no one there to help her.
Onogi Akira. People wanting water gathered around the cisterns. I found them just as they were when they drank and died. My heart aches as I apply the red color.
Mitsuko Taguchi. Carrying her child, she had probably been unable to outrun the flames. Her hair was standing on end. She still protected her child under her breast, like a living person. Her eyes were open wide. I cannot forget that shocking sight.
Chisako Sasaki. I heard a very young girl shouting for help from a burning upstairs window. The memory still haunts me.
