KOBAYASHI Masao 小林 正男 (こばやし まさお)
They fled with their arms raised in front like a procession of ghosts.
火傷を負い家に戻る勤労隊、郡部に避難する人
Year of Birth: 1899 \ Age at time of blast: 45 \ Age when image created: 74
Date of image depicted: 1945/8/6
Distance from hypocenter in meters: 3400
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
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The following is unaltered text from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum database:
They fled with their arms raised in front like ghosts. / 3,400m from the hypocenter/At the foot of the Shinjo Bridge / Around 9 a.m. on August 6, 1945 / Masao Kobayashi (45 at the time of the bombing, 74 when he drew this picture) / A labor unit suffering burns and hovering between life and death followed the road to their homes. People were fleeing to the suburbs. On the far riverbank people were seeking water. Many were crawling into bamboo thickets having lost the strength to walk.

幽霊のように手を前に上げたまま歩いて逃げる / 爆心地から3,400m　 新庄橋のたもと / 1945(昭和20)年8月6日午前9時ごろ / 小林　 正男 / (原爆投下当時45歳､絵を描いた時74歳) / 生死をさまようやけどを負いながら家路をたどる勤労隊､郡部へ避難する人､向かいの河岸で水を求める人､歩行に力尽きて竹やぶの中で横にはっている多くの人々｡

＊＊絵中 : 昭和二十年八月六日午前九時頃 / 市内新庄橋附近 / 広島市より約一キロ離れた地点。生死をさまよう火傷を負い乍ら家路を辿る勤労隊、郡部へ避難する人、向かいの川岸で水を求める人、歩行に力尽きて竹薮の中で横にはってゐる多くの人々 / 志んじょうはし

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