Hiroshima: Peace Memorial Park -- Hiroshima Monument for the A-bomb Victims

Hiroshima: Peace Memorial Park -- Hiroshima Monument for the A-bomb Victims

Government-Monuments

Hiroshima--Atomic bomb; Atomic bomb victims

This monument was completed on August 5, 1982. It is in the Peace Memorial Park, near the bank of the Motoyasu River. It is located perhaps a quarter of a mile downstream from the A-bomb Dome, the hypocenter of the atomic blast. Buried in the immediate vicinity were ceramic roof tiles that had been partially melted by the heat of the explosion. In 1981, high school students began work on a project to beautify the Motoyasu River and uncovered many of these fragments of fused tile. The students issued a call for the building of a monument at this spot, to further the call for world peace. Inlaid in the surface of the monument are pieces of the fused ceramic tile found in the area by the students.

Collection Librarian: Amy Bryant. Please send comments or content corrections to Michael Thiedeman, Professor of Art, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374 USA. email address: thiedmi@earlham.edu

Thiedeman, Michael

Earlham College

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Japanese

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Japan

Japan - Showa 1926 - 1989

1945-08-06; 1982-08

Chugoku (region), Hiroshima (prefecture), Hiroshima (inhabited place)

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1200 w x 859 h, 150ppi