Collection Exhibition section
Our sisters died at 23 years old
Date: July 2020 – February 2021
Venue: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum East Building 1F, Special Exhibition Room
Contents: 8 artifacts－Shizue Tsukamoto's shirt and pants, air defense hood, name tags and badges, Kikuyo Shimokubo's blouse, Asayo Tagawa's blouse, undergarment and work pants
Venue: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum East Building 1F, Special Exhibition Room
Contents: 8 artifacts－Shizue Tsukamoto's shirt and pants, air defense hood, name tags and badges, Kikuyo Shimokubo's blouse, Asayo Tagawa's blouse, undergarment and work pants
Blouse worn by Kikuyo Shimokubo at the time of the bombing
"This blouse was a wedding present to Kikuyo from her sister Tomiko, who was good at dressmaking. The white silk blouse was covered in blood stains, which could never be washed away."
(Donated by Tomiko Hagimoto)
On August 6, 1945, a single atomic bomb turned the city of Hiroshima to rubble in an instant. Many people were exposed to large amounts of radiation, suffered burns to their body, and died in great pain.
This exhibition shows items owned by three women who died at the age of twenty-three.
【Contact】
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Curatorial DivisionPhone: +81-82-241-4004
(Peace Memorial Museum Curatorial Division)