HIROHITO, 'Emperor Showa' (1901-1989, 124th Emperor of Japan, 1926-1947) / KOJUN (1903-2000, 'Empress Consort', 1926-1989)Antiquariat.de
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Investigation of the Atomic Bomb, 1945, Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Text is in Japanese. 236 pages with a great many, often several per page, b&w photos taken in Japan very soon after the A-bomb explosions, both of survivors and their injuries and structural damage of all kinds, including close-ups of beams, trees, bridges, railroad tracks, etc. with maps specifying location of the adjacent photos. Many burn victims, many of which are children. Includes worn, folded and torn (1/2 page) 4-page fold-out photo of ground zero and surrounding city to mountains in the distance: totally decimated, a landscape of scorched rubble. Ex-library book with usual marks, stamps, etc. Library binding is solid with bent corners and text/interior is marked on a few pages with script in Japanese -- otherwise clean . A rare historical document. Publication information requires translation.
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