Yukio Kunihira, a photojournalist at the Mainichi Newspapers’ Osaka head office, entered Hiroshima on August 9, and that day took 40 photos (12 negatives of which remain) and three panoramic photos composed of a combination of several photos that still exist today. (Mr. Kunihira wrote in a personal account that he had used four to five rolls of film for his photography work that day). Two days later, on August 11, two of his photos, one of which captured a scene of relief supplies being carried into temporary prefectural offices, were published in the Osaka head office edition of the Mainichi Shimbun.
A girl with injuries from glass and sand all over her face. Location unknown. She was identified as Sachiko Fujii, 10 years old at the time, as reported in the Mainichi Newspaper January 26, 2018, morning edition.The injured Chugoku Military District Headquarters Chief of Staff Shuitsu Matsumura. He was exposed to the bomb at his official residence in Kaminagarekawa-cho (about 1 km from the hypocenter) and was seriously wounded with a severed left carotid artery, but he immediately went to Hiroshima Castle, where the military headquarters was located, to assess the damage and take command in the midst of the confusion. It is thought that this photo may have been taken inside a tent in front of the Chugoku Military District Headquarters and Air Defense Operations Room.A-photo panorama from southwest to northeast from the west end of Kyobashi Bridge. Kyobashi River and the Inarimachi streetcar bridge are on the far left. Hiroshima Higashi (East) Police Station can be seen in the far left background. building, Hiroshima Nagarekawa Church, and the Fukuya Department Store old building can be seen. People, including a girl and a woman using an umbrella in place of a parasol, perhaps searching for their relatives, are also photographed. Faintly seen in the center background is the Hiroshima Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and in front of it is the Hiroshima Central Broadcasting Station, painted in camouflage. The two photos on the right show the Kyobashi River, Sakae Bridge (in the background), and Mt. Futaba.Description Looking west, northwest, and north from the south side of the prewar roundabout on the north side of the Western Drill Ground entrance on the north side of the Kamiya-cho intersection. To the left is the pedestal of the collapsed Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese War Victory Monument (First Army War Dear Monument) at the Ote-machi entrance to Western Drill Ground. In the background, a few men are visible in the burned remains of the First Branch Hospital of Hiroshima First Army Hospital. In the center foreground is the roundabout. A large group of people appear to be engaged in some sort of work. In the far background, from left to right, are Mts. Ohara to Soko, Mt. Hiyama, and Mt. Takeda. Beyond the Western Drill Ground on the far right is the burnt firebreak wall of the Hiroshima Army Cadet School.Looking northeast to east from the south side of the prewar roundabout on the north side of the Western Drill Ground entrance on the north side of the Kamiya-cho intersection. The roundabout is in the left foreground. In the right foreground is what appears to be a tent. On the other side of the road, the area where the ground is not blackened is the Western Drill Ground, and behind it, from the left, the Hiroshima Telecommunications Bureau and the Hiroshima Telecommunications Hospital can be seen. Mt. Futaba is in the right background.A collapsed air-raid shelter. Hijiyama hill can be seen on the far right. This photo was possibly taken near Aioi Street and the Kamiya-cho intersection, as many people can be seen on the street with streetcar tracks in the background.Wreckage of streetcars on the southeast corner of the Kamiya-cho intersection. In the background is streetcar number 205, 200 class, and in the foreground is wreckage of a 100 class streetcar. Obayashi Corporation Hiroshima branch and Yasuda Bank Hiroshima branch can be seen in the right background.
Yukio Kunihira, a photojournalist at the Mainichi Newspapers’ Osaka head office, entered Hiroshima on August 9, and that day took 40 photos (12 negatives of which remain) and three panoramic photos composed of a combination of several photos that still exist today. (Mr. Kunihira wrote in a personal account that he had used four to five rolls of film for his photography work that day). Two days later, on August 11, two of his photos, one of which captured a scene of relief supplies being carried into temporary prefectural offices, were published in the Osaka head office edition of the Mainichi Shimbun.
