TAKAKURA Akiko 高蔵 信子 (たかくらあきこ)
A woman driven by unbearable thirst trying to catch black raindrops in her mouth.
喉が渇き黒い雨を口で受ける女性
Year of Birth: 1925 \ Age at time of blast: 19 \ Age when image created: 49
Date of image depicted: 1945/8/6
Distance from hypocenter in meters: 270
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
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A woman driven by unbearable thirst tried to catch the black raindrops in her mouth. / 270m from the hypocenter, Kamiya-cho / August 6, 1945 / Akiko Takakura / Age 19 at time of bombing 49 at time of drawing

のどの渇きに耐えかね黒い雨を口で受ける女性爆心地から270m　 紙屋町 1945(昭和20)年8月6日　 高倉　信子(当時19歳、絵を描いた時　 49歳)

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