The Red Corpses Swelling Out of the Fire Prevention Cistern, and the Surrounding Black Corpses Stuffed Together
- Having nowhere to escape to from the flames, there was a tendency to jump into the cistern where many burned corpses now remain
- The black surrounding the cistern is just skeleton covered in carbon
- The small ones are children, they were about 50 cm tall
- After three days, the burnt bodies turn red like a red demon and upon looking at them, I would instinctually turn away
- Drawing / Sagami Ogawa (28 at the time of the bombing, 57 when he drew this picture)
Approx. 250m from the hypocenter, Nakajima-hon-machi ( now,Nakajima-cho)
August 8, 1945, after 11:00 a.m.