Barefoot Gen Illustration Exhibition

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Barefoot Gen was the creation of manga artist Keiji Nakazawa, depicting the events of the Hiroshima bombing, and later became published in 1980 as a picture book, 24 original illustrations of which are featured here in this exhibition.

[Related events]
Lecture “Barefoot Gen - The Reality of War and the Atomic Bombing”
Date: July 19(Sat) 14:00-
Speaker: Kaori Kanda
Admission: ￥500

Lecture “Why has Barefoot Gen Been Rejected - The Current Shape of Japanese Media and Society”
Date: August 6(Wed) 15:00-
Speaker: Kozo Nagata
Admission ￥500

Discussion “The Reading of Barefoot Gen”
Date: August 24(Sun) 15:00-
Speakers: Setsuko Ozawa(historian), Takayuki Kawaguchi(Hiroshima University)
*For information on further events please refer to the official website.

Schedule

Jul 19 (Sat) 2014-Sep 6 (Sat) 2014

Opening Hours Information

Hours	9:00-17:00 Open 9:30-16:30 in December to February.
Closed	Monday Closed during the New Year holidays. Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day.

Fee

Adults ¥900; High School and Junior High School Students, Under 18s ¥600; Elementary School Students ¥400; Seniors 60 & Over ¥800

Venue

Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels
https://marukigallery.jp/en/

Location

1401 Shimokarako, Higashimatsuyama-shi, Saitama 355-0076

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Access

12 minutes by taxi from the South exit of Shinrin-koen Station on the Tobu Tojo line; From the East exit of Higashi-Matsuyama Station on the Tobu Tojo line, take the bus and get off at Maruki Bijutsukan Higashi. The venue is 2 minute walk from there.

Phone

0493-22-3266

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