Memories of Hiroshima

Finished

Artists

Yoshito Matsushige, Yoshiro Fukui, Yuichiro Sasaki, Ihei Kimura, Shunkichi Kikuchi, Minoru Oki, Hatsusaburo Yoshida, Ken Domon et al.

This exhibition will examine the history of Hiroshima from two perspectives: "Prewar Hiroshima" and "Hiroshima under Occupation.” Many archival materials were lost in the atomic bombing. Still, the exhibition will look back at prewar Hiroshima as it was transformed into a military city.

The exhibition will also examine the fact that, under the Allied occupation of Japan, it was impossible to report the damage caused by the atomic bombing, and under the press code, which controlled speech, it was not possible to publish information until 1952, when Japanese sovereignty was restored. Many photos and articles were censored, confiscated, and destroyed.

The records of the day of the atomic bombing, photographs by Yoshito Matsushige, and sketches by Yoshiro Fukui. Yuichiro Sasaki continued to record his hometown, which had been transformed. The record of “Living Hiroshima" by Ihei Kimura, Shunkichi Kikuchi, Minoru Oki, and others. Hatsusaburo Yoshida painted “Hiroshima A-Bomb: Eight Rows of Drawings". Ken Domon visited Hiroshima for the first time 12 years after the atomic bombing and took up the challenge of filming to convey the horror of A-bomb disease that still lingers. The Chugoku Shimbun's news report, John Hersey's news article that first reported the devastation under the mushroom cloud from the foreign press, and the Target Review Committee documents in the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration's collection will be on exhibit.

[Event]
Talk Event
John Hershey's "Hiroshima" and Censorship
Date: Saturday, July 1, 14:00 -
Speaker: Atsuko Shigezawa
Interviewer: Tomoko Watanabe
Venue: Izumi Art Museum
Capacity: 100 people (first-come basis, free of charge)
Ticket for the exhibition is required.

Schedule

Jun 17 (Sat) 2023-Aug 27 (Sun) 2023