Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Special Exhibition
What The Items Tells Us
| Dates: | October 1, 2021 - February 13, 2022 |
| Venue: | East Building 1F, Special Exhibition Room, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
A deformed cosmetic cream bottle (Donated by Toshiyo Nakamura)
Toshiyo Nakamura (then, 40) and her elder sister Kameyo were exposed to the A-bomb at their home and fled through the flames.
When they returned after the war to clear the debris of their home, the house and all their possession lay in burned ruins.
In the rubble, they found this cosmetic cream jar, disfigured by the heat.
They Kept it for many years on display in their home, then donated it to the museum in 1979.
This exhibition traces the lives and memories of people of that time by using items found at burnt-out ruins after the atomic bombing as clues. The model, visual materials, and graphic charts in the exhibition provide a clear description of the fierceness of the heat rays and the fire which burned and deformed the items. Some of the items on display were collected by those who were left behind; they kept the items carefully to remember their loved ones.
| 1. | Tracing everyday life through the items |
| 2. | With just one bomb-heat rays and fires |
| 3. | City of ruins |
| 4. | Memories found at the burnt-out ruins |
A deformed cosmetic cream bottle (Donated by Toshiyo Nakamura)
Toshiyo Nakamura (then, 40) and her elder sister Kameyo were exposed to the A-bomb at their home and fled through the flames.
When they returned after the war to clear the debris of their home, the house and all their possession lay in burned ruins.
In the rubble, they found this cosmetic cream jar, disfigured by the heat.
They Kept it for many years on display in their home, then donated it to the museum in 1979.
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