The Pitch Black Corpse of a Woman Who Had Been Holding Her Baby Under Her Chest
In the middle of the road holding on to her baby, I wonder if she was just late in escaping. It almost looks like she's alive with her baby under her chest, except her hair is standing on its end. I was astonished at her eyes being slightly open. Even now, I cannot manage to forget this sight.
- Drawing / Mitsuko Taguchi (30 at the time of the bombing, 60 when she drew this picture)
Approx. 1,000 m from the hypocenter, in front of Hiroshima Central Broadcasting Station, Kaminagarekawa-cho (now, Nobori-cho)
August 7, 1945, morning
